2026-07-07http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/422432This article presents a historic perspective of agricultural extension in Colombia and highlights its scope in relationship to regional development. Four periods are identified, which show that policies have evolved towards a territorial and decentralized agricultural extension, although this trend could not be consolidated in recent years. It is suggested that Colombia should recover an approach of agricultural extension that integrates the productive dimension with a territorial perspective.application/pdfAgronomía ColombianaAgrocienciasartículo científico