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#YacoubaSawadogo (1946-2023) was known as “the man who stopped the desert.” His remarkable success builds on experimenting with traditional planting pits for soil, water and biomass retention, called “zaï” in the local language.

#gardening #permaculture #IndigenousKnowledge #BurkinaFaso #Africa #Zaï #permaculture

https://rightlivelihood.org/the-change-makers/find-a-laureate/yacouba-sawadogo/

Yacouba Sawadogo - Right Livelihood

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Jun 26 at 3:06amWeb
Show threadPeter VollebregtJun 26

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Glafbto read that Positive change is possible. Hard, but very possible. And not as expensive as war.

Show threadMs. Que BanhJun 27
@PermaSolarPotter Really fascinating to learn about his life & what he was working towards.
Show threadPermaSolarPotterJun 27
@PhoenixSerenity There’s also a documentary about him you should look up. Wish it went more into the entire ritual of zaï but white/Western mentality loves to extract a specific technique and divorce it from its (spiritual/ancestral) context. Zaï is about much more than digging a rain catchment hole.
Show threadMs. Que BanhJun 28
@PermaSolarPotter I'll have to search for that documentary.