Maize is considered as staple food and is a way of life for the hilly region of Nepal. The
production and yield of maize crop is very low which is unable to meet the current
demand and is mostly affected by various insect/pests and diseases. For such a
backdrop, 182 cross sectional data were collected using simple random techniques in
Palpa in June, 2016. Forced scaling technique was used to rank problems based on
index value. The total average landholding was 0.91 hectare with 0.32 ha under maize
seed cultivation. About 90.7 and 69.8% farmers were access to extension service and
had received training respectively. Infestation of insect/pests ranked at first as a major
problem in maize seed production with 0.79 index value followed by
infrastructure/credit, storage, unavailability of inputs and marketing problems. Similarly
poor bargaining power ranked as a 1st major marketing problem. Better access to
extension service as well as frequent training service to farmers should be provided to
increase production and yield of maize seed. Government and other stakeholder
organizations should focus to develop irrigation infrastructure for the overall
development of maize sector.