The Man Who Stopped the Desert
Mark Dodd
(UK, 2010, 62 min)
Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer in Africa, has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last 20 years he has successfully battled against nature and man, to become a pioneer in the fight against desertification. Finalist, Wildscreen FF
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www.cis.vu.nl/en/news-events/news-archive/2010/the-man-who-stopped-the-desert.asp
