Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77 - The New York Times
Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77 - The New York Times
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Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77
He took barren and dry lands and turned them into incredible forests. People thought he was insane as they fled dying villiages. They burned his forests. He replanted his forests and tripled his crop yields, becoming a hero to farmers all over.