This research aimed mainly at studying the problems of cultivating the maize crop from the viewpoint of farmers in some villages at Sohag Governorate; It includes production problems, marketing problems, and extension problems, and identifying the most important proposals of the respondents to solve these problems. Data research was collected from a regular random sample of 221 respondents from maize farmers; through a questionnaire specially prepared to achieve the objectives of the research, the data were presented and analyzed using frequencies, percentages, standard deviation and arithmetic mean using the SPSS program. The results showed that the most important problems of maize cultivation are: productivity problems such as the high costs of using machinery in some agricultural operations (70.1%),  high prices of chemical fertilizers 64.3%, irregular irrigation shifts 58.4%, non-compliance of farmers with integrated control recommendations 47.1%, lack of availability of seeds of good high-yielding varieties 44.8%, and marketing problems such as the absence of contractual cultivations with The yield of the maize crop is 86.4%, the low yield of maize cultivation compared to other crops is 82.8%, and the problems related to the extension system such as the lack of sufficient agricultural Extension Agents is 64.7%, Among the most important proposals of the respondents to solve these problems: Establishing an effective integrated control program for Fall Armyworm, benefiting from agricultural waste by making silage, setting a suitable price for maize crop, organizing irrigation shifts, and increasing the number of chemical fertilizers subsidized by the state .