Under the strategic impetus of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, Senegal is making a major turn towards an unprecedented modernisation of its agricultural and livestock sectors. This new dynamism, placed under the supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Livestock, Dr Mabouba Diagne, is further strengthening the country in the era of digitalised and highly technological agriculture. A new air force for the DPV. The heart of this change has recently been the acquisition of a fleet of six ultra-modern unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for the Directorate of Plant Protection (DPV). Founded in 1974 to oversee crop surveillance, phytosanitary control and support exporters, the DPV reached an unprecedented milestone in its history. It is the first time that such tools are deployed in Senegal to combat pests.
Agricultural revolution in Senegal: six drones for an accelerated food sovereignty
