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Soaring seeds cost prices Nigerian farmers out of bumper harvest  

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Soaring seeds cost prices Nigerian farmers out of bumper harvest Josephine Okojie The high cost of inputs and lack of technical know-how is hindering Nigerian farmers' access to improved quality seed varieties that can boost productivity and tolerate climate change impacts. Farmers have identified poor seeds as the major challenge facing their cultivation of crops and reducing their yield per hectare, BusinessDay’s farm survey shows. This is because they cannot adequately access a secured and timely supply of quality seeds despite t