Yacouba Sawadogo
Burkinabé farmer and agronomist
Yacouba Sawadogo 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 agroforestry and... Wikipedia
Born: 1946, Burkina Faso
Died: December 3, 2023 (age 77 years), Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Movies: The Man Who Stopped the Desert
Nationality: Burkinabe
Awards: Right Livelihood Award (2018) and Champions of the Earth (2020)