Yacouba Sawadogo
Yacouba Sawadogo (1946 – 3 December 2023) was a Burkinabé farmer and agronomist who successfully used a traditional farming technique called zaï to restore soils damaged by desertification and drought. Such techniques are known by the collective terms and .A 2010 documentary feature film, ''The Man Who Stopped the Desert,'' first screened in the UK, portrays his life.
Sawadogo was a native speaker of Mossi. In 2018, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. In 2020, he was awarded the Champions of the Earth award.
Sawadogo died on 3 December 2023 at age 77. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1by Boukary Ouedraogo, Yasuko Inoue, Alinsa Kambiré, Kankoe Sallah, Sokhna Dieng, Raphael Tine, Toussaint Rouamba, Vincent Herbreteau, Yacouba Sawadogo, Landaogo S. L. W. Ouedraogo, Pascal Yaka, Ernest K. Ouedraogo, Jean-Charles Dufour, Jean GaudartGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
Article