A One Health approach to reducing agricultural pollution in Senegal (Thiellal 2)

In Vélingara and Kédougou, the use of pesticides (cotton, cereals, food crops, market gardening) and veterinary products is increasing sharply. Users have little training and are insufficiently aware of the health and environmental risks, while waste and packaging management remains uncontrolled. Thiellal II extends the work of Thiellal I in Vélingara and expands the model to Kédougou, while also introducing an innovative component for waste management, an issue not addressed by local authorities.
 

• Raise awareness and train farmers about risks and agroecological alternatives.
• Generate knowledge (studies and assessments with CIRAD).
• Implement waste management mechanisms (packaging, organic waste recovery).
• Strengthen local One Health governance and integration into local authority policies.
• Ensure monitoring, evaluation and dissemination of results to support advocacy and scaling up.

• 120,000 people reached (50% women, 60% young people); 60% of farmers adopt reduction techniques.
• 20% reduction in untreated waste; 2 functional collection systems per department.
• One Health bodies strengthened; 60% of municipalities incorporating the OH theme.
• Baseline studies disseminated (water/soil/food contamination, list of chemicals used).

The innovative nature of the proposal lies in its territorial, participatory and systemic approach, which is still relatively untried in Mongolia and constitutes a relevant way of supporting the transition sought by the authorities at local and national level. The innovation also lies in the partnership between research institutes, livestock farmers and their organisations, and national and international NGOs, which aims to leverage the skills and networks of each party. Finally, it is based on targeted technical experiments tailored to the challenges faced by the territories, in particular actions to regenerate pastures.