Table 3.

Variety wise seed production in the study sites in 2017.

Maize varieties	Released year	Production (ton)	Share (%)
Rampur composite	1975	2.7	2.73
Arun -2	1982	1.4	1.42
Mankamana- 3	2002	85.7	86.65
Ganesh-2	1989	0.7	0.71
Deuti	2006	1.85	1.87
Manakamana -4	2008	1.9	1.92
Manakamana -6	2010	0.3	0.30
Poshilo Makai -1	2008	1.0	1.01
Arun -4	2015	2.8	2.83
Arun -6	2015	0.55	0.56
Total		98.9	100.00

Source: Field Study, 2017.