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International audience ; Plant breeding is a high resource consuming activity. As such, mechanisms have been set to protect crops cultivars and favour investments in plant breeding activities. Several countries have adopted either the patent system or a sui generis system to protect cultivars. In 2013, Ghana passed the Plant Breeder Bill, a sui generis system. The bill has not been enforced yet but several benefits for farmers, breeders and agriculture in the country have been predicted. This paper discusses the most probable implications of the Plant Breeder Bill on breeding activities in Ghana. Information was collected from key informants and the literature related to the experience in other countries where the Plant Breeders " Right has been enforced. It came out that the implementation of the plant breeder Bill in Ghana is likely to attract private investment. More investments would be devoted to breeding of hybrid varieties in high commercial value crops. The probable increase of investment on breeding activities is likely to make available more new varieties offering more available starting material for breeding programs. However, the enforcement of the 2 Bill without the creation of incentive environment notably in seed system would not be enough to reach the predicted benefits. Furthermore, the development of new varieties is likely to result in the replacement of existing varieties including landraces leading to genetic erosion. To overcome this, extensive collection of landraces and conservation strategies need to be undertaken.