Lutter contre la mouche blanche ou mouche des fruits, est la préoccupation majeure du Minister of Agriculture Aly Ngouille Ndiaye. To this end, he held a meeting on Friday, March 24, 2023 with actors in the supply chain. At the end of the discussions, he granted a budget of 1.2 billion 200 million to bring exports back to where they were.

La rencontre entre le ministre Aly Ngouille Ndiaye and stakeholders in mango production in Senegal was an opportunity for exchanges and proposals for Solution. In reality, it is la mouche blanche ou mouche des fruits a sévèrement causing the rate of mango production to drop in Senegal as well as throughout the ECOWAS region. To this end, the Minister allocated a budget of 1.2 billion and requested that sector actors contribute 15 francs to exports, i.e. a contribution of 300 million from the budget from producers.

According to the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Moussa Sow, there has been a drop in mango exports from 20,000 tons in 2019 to 16,000 tons in 2022. According to him, this is the cause of “the need for actors to be able to come together and participate in this fight. To bring exports back to where they were, it is normal now for us to take this attack of flies against mangoes very seriously and for us to be able to have a real concerted fight strategy with the actors involved.”