Owing to the cob size, yield potentiality and quality of kernels (both as food and feed) the farmers spontaneously adopted the hybrid for their maize cultivation and seed material was made available to them. As a matter of fact, the QPM gained immense popularity among the cultivators that resulted in high demand of seed very rapidly.

To meet the increasing demand of seed, hybrid seed production programme was taken up in farmers’ field. Some Private Seed Companies and Govt. Undertaking Organizations were also brought under seed production channel. Selected farmers and the personnels of seed growing organizations were trained up on maize hybrid seed production technology with the guidance from Directorate of Maize Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. The trained farmers, Govt. Undertaking Organizations and Private Seed Growers took up Seed Production of HQPM-1 under certification programme and produced following quantities of certified seeds. The progress of QPM seed production has been depicted in figure 9.

Total production of seed was utilized in different Govt. Programmes through distribution to the farmers free of cost for popularization of the hybrid and dissemination of hybrid maize cultivation technology. Further, to bring more and more areas under QPM, a massive programme of seed production of HQPM-1 has been finalized during 2008-09 in which parental seeds will be multiplied in 25.0 ha areas and that will be utilized for seed production in 400 ha areas in Govt. farms of 17 districts as well as by Govt. Undertaking and Private Seed Growing Organizations.