Yacouba Sawadogo
Land & RightsYacouba Sawadogo: The Farmer Who Grew a Forest in the Sahel
A Burkinabé farmer revived an ancient planting-pit technique to turn barren, crusted earth back into forest, then watched the method spread across the Sahel.
40hectaresForest regenerated on formerly barren land
500% increaseCrop yield increase from zaï pits