Yacouba Sawadogo
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Sawadogo in 2019 | |
| Born | Yacouba Sawadogo 1946 Gourga, French West Africa (today in Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso) |
| Died | 3 December 2023 (aged 76–77) Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso |
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| Years active | 1970s–2023 |
| Movement | Zaï |
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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.
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.