Inclusive digital pathways for agricultural extension: Exploring micro-level innovation with technology stewardship training in Sri Lanka and Trinidad

This chapter explores how agricultural extension and advisory services can promote inclusive digital transformation in the Global South by reframing “digital agriculture” as “digitalization in agriculture.” This shift allows for imagining multiple transition pathways, creating greater inclusivity for smallholders and marginalized groups. The chapter presents a logic model for micro-level innovation, integrating Situated Learning Theory with the Capabilities Approach to human development, guiding a participatory research-education initiative in Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago. Initial results from the training program are discussed, along with its impacts and insights for future research.