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Based on 2012 data, India is home to the fourth largest agricultural sector in the world. India has an estimated 180 mill. ha. of farmland with 140 mill. ha. of which are planted and continuously cultivated. Women have a greater role in agriculture. In rural India, the percentage of women who depend on agriculture for their livelihood is as high as 84%. Women make up about 33% of cultivators and about 47% of agricultural laborers. Agriculture technologies are abundantly available. But the major challenge is the dissemination of technologies through effective extension teaching methods. Extension is an educational process for bringing about the maximum number of desirable changes among the people and needs some tools or methods commonly known as extension teaching methods. A proper understanding of these methods and their selection is very important. The book emphasizes on all these aspects. The book is written in a simple language which can be understood by all the stakeholders engaged in agriculture sector. The findings are based on research work and it will be useful for selecting a proper combination of extension methods especially for transfer of technology for farm women. These are the methods of extending new knowledge and skills to the farm women by drawing their attention towards them, arousing their interest and finally gain and retention of a new practice. The book has the following contents - Extension Teaching Methods - Importance and their Selection, earlier researches, design and approach, observations, conclusions and recommendations. It deals with the selection of message, extension methods and their preparation, experimental design, statistical tools etc. This book will be of immense utility to the students, researchers, extension personnel, policy makers and all those engaged for betterment of farm women and agriculture as a whole.