Most Effective and Expensive Extension Teaching Method

The most effective as well as most expensive method of extension teaching is:

Correct Answer: Farm & Home visit

The Farm & Home visit is the most effective AND most expensive method of individual extension teaching. The extension worker personally visits the farmer at their own farm or home — making it highly personalized but resource-intensive.

Why Farm & Home Visit is Most Effective

• The extension worker observes the actual farm conditions firsthand.
• Advice is fully personalized to the specific farmer's resources, problems, and environment.
• Builds strong trust and rapport — meeting the farmer on their own ground.
• Allows immediate on-site demonstration and problem-solving.

Why it is Most Expensive

• Requires the extension worker to travel to every individual farmer's location.
• Very time-consuming — one visit reaches only one farm family at a time.
• High transportation, time, and logistics cost per farmer contacted.

Individual Extension Teaching Methods — Cost vs. Effectiveness

• Farm & Home visit: Most effective, most expensive.
• Office call: Farmer comes to the extension office; least expensive individual method.
• Method demonstration: Oldest method; learning by doing; conducted by extension worker.
• Result demonstration: Conducted by farmer; proves value of a practice; seeing is believing.

Memory Tip

Home Visit = You go to them = Maximum effort = Maximum effectiveness = Maximum cost. Think: the more personalized, the more expensive!