IAEA and FAO help Senegal curb tsetse fly

A nuclear technique developed with U.N. support suppressed the disease-carrying tsetse fly in Senegal without harming other insects, IAEA said.

By Arete News - January 10, 2020

Cattle farmers in Senegal's Niayes region raised their milk production with help from IAEA and FAO in suppressing the tsetse fly (AN/USUNVIE)

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