Nigeria is on the verge of securing full membership in the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) as the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) works to finalise and deposit the required declarations.

With UPOV membership, Nigeria can enhance Plant Variety Protection (PVP) and gain access to an international system for plant variety protection, allowing breeders to register their innovations more efficiently.

This will also encourage foreign breeders to introduce superior crop varieties to Nigeria, knowing their intellectual property will be safeguarded.

The acting director-general of NASC, Dr Ishiak Khalid, disclosed this to journalists yesterday at the opening of the 2025 boot camp for youths on Plant Variety Protection (PVP) for the development of agriculture in Abuja.

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