Hailakandi district is situated in the southernmost part of Assam in the middle of Barak Valley bordering Cachar district in the North and East Mizoram state in South and Karimganj district in the West. It is located between 92°25′ to 92°46′ East longitude and 24°8′ to 24°53′ North latitude. It has an average elevation of  21 meters (68 feet).  The total Geographical area of the district is 1327 km. of which rural area is 1316.47 sq km and urban area is 10.53 sq km. In Hailakandi district the total gross cropped area is 67,736 ha and Net cropped area is 45,157 ha with a cropping intensity with 150%. The total operational land holdings in the district are 83011 numbers, out of which 28.78% are landless farmers who are possessing 7.64% cultivable area of the district. 39.53% are marginal farmers those are occupying 32.18% cultivable area, 26.62% are small farmers & are holding 42.15% cultivable area, 3.26% are medium farmers and are occupying 9.60% area. 1.39% is large farmers who are holding 6.01% area and 0.42% are very large farmers and are occupying 2.41% area. This data reveals that low cost technology has better adoption probability in comparison to high cost technology. So, we have taken demonstration on utilization of fallow tillah land by cultivating maize. Here in hailakandi district the area comes under hill and forest situation is 20% of cultivable area. But, in hailakandi the area under maize is very less only 26 Ha with a productivity of 738 kg/ha only. Though, the climate of the district is characterized by hot and humid. The average annual rainfall of the district is 2542.7 mm with average 140 rainy days. High rainfall generally concentrated during May to August so irrigation for sowing of maize in tillah land is also not a problem. But, the problem persist is lack of awareness regarding cultivation of maize, availability of good quality high yielding seeds, weeds problem in tillah land after cultivation and shelling of maize seeds by hand.

Maize (Zea mays L) is one of the most versatile emerging crops having wider adaptability under varied agro-climatic conditions. Globally, maize is known as queen of cereals because it has the highest genetic yield potential among the cereals. In India, maize is the third most important food crops after rice and wheat.The maize can be cultivated throughout the year in all states of the country for various purposes including grain, fodder, green cobs, sweet corn, baby corn and popcorn.

But here in hailakandi the area under maize cultivation is very negligible and some farmers who sow the crop their productivity is very less. But, here in hailakandi the demand is good because here in hailakandi in every household poultry is there but feeds came from outside the district so if the farmers can produce maize itself in the district the market will easily available.

Regarding technology, we have distributed HQPM-1 and RCM-76 varieties of maize and simply cultivated the maize in fallow tillah land of the district through which we can utilize the fallow tillah land in kharif season and we can also increase the cropping intensity of the district. For cultivating maize we directly go for spot application of seeds and fertilizers are also not required because the tillah land was virgin we just maintained the spacing recommended for maize cultivation and we also saw that insect pest attack was also very low.