The Man Who Stopped the Desert

Name: The Man Who Stopped the Desert
Genre: Documentary
Released: 02 Jun 2010
Rating: 7.50
Cast: Yacouba Sawadogo

As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys would trek across miles of wilderness, only to fall and beg at a straw hut for meagre rations. It is from this harsh background that the young farmer became determined to develop techniques that would bring exhausted soil back into production. His efforts have outdone the work of the world's leading scientists and technological advances costing millions of pounds. They may also yet prove crucial to the future of the world's rapidly growing population and global food demands.

Year: 2010

Genre: Documentary

Studio: 1080 Film & Television

Director: Mark Dodd

Cast: Yacouba Sawadogo

Crew: Mark Dodd (Writer), Mark Dodd (Director)

Runtime: 64 minutes

Release: Jun 02, 2010

IMDb: 7.50/10 by 2 users

Popularity: 0

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English, Français