TIL that a man in Africa single handedly stopped the desertification of his region by reviving ancient farming and irrigation techniques despite being ridiculed by his community.

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/meet-yacouba-sawadogo-the-man-who-stopped-the-desert.html



Submitted February 27, 2015 at 08:02PM by likenessaltered http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xcqzy/til_that_a_man_in_africa_single_handedly_stopped/