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In Burkina Faso, the Son of the Man Who Arrested the Desert Is Continuing His Work.

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Thanks to ancestral farming techniques and respect for the ecosystem, Yacouba Sawadogo, a Burkinabè peasant, had transformed a plot of 40 hectares into a lush area. From now on, his son Lookman continues the work of the man who was called the man who stopped the desert, who died in 2023.
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In Burkina Faso, the Son of the Man Who Arrested the Desert Is Continuing His Work.

Thanks to ancestral farming techniques and respect for the ecosystem, Yacouba Sawadogo, a Burkinabè peasant, had transformed a plot of 40 hectares into a lush area. From now on, his son Lookman continues the work of the man who was called the man who stopped the desert, who died in 2023.

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Courrier international broke the news in on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
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