Yacouba Sawadogo Net Worth

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Born1946

ProfessionCelebrity

NationalityBurkinabè

CategoryMore Stars

Background and career

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.