Gourga, French West Africa[1] (today in Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso)
Died
3 December 2023(2023-12-03) (aged 76–77)
Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Occupations
Farmer
agronomist
Years active
1970s–2023
Movement
Zaï
Awards
Right Livelihood Award (2018)
Champions of the Earth (2020)
Zaï, Batodi, Tajaé, Nigeria (June 2012)
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 agroforestry and farmer-managed natural regeneration.[2]
A 2010 documentary feature film, The Man Who Stopped the Desert, first screened in the UK, portrays his life.[3]
Sawadogo was a native speaker of Mossi.[2] In 2018, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award.[4] In 2020, he was awarded the Champions of the Earth award.[5]
Sawadogo died on 3 December 2023 at age 77.[6]
^Sawadogo, Achille. "Yacouba Sawadogo the 'man who wanted to stop the desert'". Aid and Save. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
^ abHertsgaard, Mark (19 November 2009). "Regreening Africa". The Nation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^"The Man Who Stopped the Desert". 1080films.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^"Awarded 2018: Yacouba Sawadogo". Right Livelihood. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^"Yacouba Sawadogo – Inspiration and Action Award". UN Environment Programme. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^"Yacouba Sawadogo, «l'homme qui a arrêté le désert», s'est éteint" Archived 6 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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