Burkinabe farmer wins ‘alternative Nobel’ for drought-fighting technique
Thomson Reuters Foundation A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularised an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden’s “alternative Nobel prize”, announced on Monday. Yacouba Sawadogo shared this year’s award with three Saudi human rights activists – Abdullah al-Hamid, Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Waleed Abu al-Khair – and Australian agronomist Tony […]