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“This law will bring out clearly going forward, the contributions of plant breeding to the Nigerian agricultural sector. “We will begin to see our farmers’ superior yielding, stress-tolerant, disease-resistant, climate-smart and input-efficient varieties, which will be introduced by innovative breeders both from the public and private sectors in a few years to come. “In addition to the above, we will begin to witness efficient land use and reduced food cost as a result of the increased productivity from cultivated hectares across the country,” he said at a news conference on Monday. Already, the sector players have estimated the economic benefits to be around $2bn investment coming into agriculture, particularly the seed space with the law in place. ....