now, sawadogo travels around burkina faso to teach his technique.e teaches farmersrs had to dig small pits and fill them with compost. the mounds attract termites, whose tunnels trap rainwater. >> i want the training program to be this -- to be the starting point of many programs in the region. reporter: sawadogo has been a farmer most of his life. when a drought forced many to flee the sahel region in africa in the 1970's, he stayed and began experimenting with techniques. since then, his methods have saved hundreds of square kilometers of land from desertification. the reclaim soil allows farmers to produce crops, even in times of drought. sawadogo has gained internatioiol recognition for his s work. in 2010, he was a guest at the united nations convention. but the farmer spends most of his time back home in for kina faso, fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many, sawadogo has given them a reason to stay. brent: joining u

this day yes so why do thanks but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many duggal has given them a reason to stay. and joining us tonight from amsterdam is chris raves he is a close friend. so doug a mr raises good to have you on the show i understand that you have known. go for more than thirty five years can't can you tell us what this award means to him well this award is very important to him it is perceived as an international recognition of the book that he has done and he has managed to do any store d. great events to production by experimenting since the early one nine hundred eighty s. so what he has done is just remarkable in those days in the early one nine hundred eighty s. nobody really knew how to reach to what he could eat at lent to put it productivity . at reasonable cost so and he was the one who developed the technical breakthrough with his improved traditional plantigr

but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many so i would go has given them a reason to stay. and if you want to learn more about the other winners of the right livelihood awards you'll find a lot of information on our website that of course is d w dot com. still the world of football is focusing its attention today on an announcement from london that's where the sports world governing body is hosting the best football awards which recognise the world's best male and female players for the last decade the top award for men has gone to one of two superstars but this year could finally bring a new winner. christiana barnardo and you know messi have dominated the individual footballer what's for ten years but this year there's a new comer in town creation style newcomer madre messi was left out in the cold when it came to the future play of the year shortlist that

now to some of the other stories making news around the world officials in burkina faso as they suspected jihadists have killed at least eight civilians in attacks on two villages near being in the east of the country has seen a surge in islam as violence in part due to crackdowns on insurgencies in neighboring mali and the share. police in turkey have detained hundreds of workers who are protesting over conditions at istanbul's new airport thousands took part in protests sparked after more than a dozen people were injured in an on site accident the demonstration was broken up by riot police who fired tear gas at the crowd. german chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies in bavaria the c.s.u. have met in munich to discuss strategy ahead of a key regional election next month polls show the party could be heading towards its worst result in more than sixty years as voters defect to other parties including the far right. the party's leader horse as a whole for who also serves as germany's federal interior minister has dropped in the polls after clashes with merkel on a number of issues

but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many so i would go has given them a reason to stay. and joining us tonight from amsterdam is chris rage he is a close friend. so doug a mr a just good to have you on the show i understand that you have known. for more than thirty five years can you tell us what this award means to him well this award is very important to him it is perceived as an international recognition of the book that he has gotten and he has managed to create events to production by experimenting since the early one nine hundred eighty s. so what he has done is just remarkable in those days in the early one nine hundred eighty s. nobody really knew how. it went to put it productivity. at reasonable cost so and he was the one who developed the technical breakthrough and if his improved conditions. i mean we're talking about turning barren land into

but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many so i would go has given them a reason to stay. if you want to learn more about the other winners of the right livelihood awards you'll find them on our website that's a call. though it's already in hong kong have banned a political party that calls for independence from china they've ordered the national party led by twenty eight year old the chant to cease all operations immediately it's the first time the government in hong kong has taken such a step since britain handed over control of the territory to china in one thousand nine hundred seven opponents fear the move sets a dangerous precedence. the government in hong kong said it had decided to ban the national party because it was a threat to security announcing the move hong kong secretary for security described the group as extremist it has also will make it

a farmer from burkina faso receive the award for turning barren land into forest and demonstrating how farmers can regenerate this soil using looking knowledge he's known as the man who stopped the death and the australian. a tony rondo is recognized by the jury for his work fighting deforestation and desert if occasion in africa. region. now let's take a closer look at one of the when as i just mentioned tony is an alto he spiny a simple but effective solution to deforestation that is earned him the nickname the forest make a run out of technique involves growing up trees from existing ruth systems which are often still intact by choosing the right plants and by pruning and protecting them in a certain way they can soon grew into trees using a simple set of management practices to what byron are doing farmers can regenerate and protect existing local vegetation. and out of believes that it has the potential to restore degraded dry land with an area the combined size of india he is in his own words talking about the success of one project in northern ethiopia so what we see here in thi

but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many so i would go has given them a reason to stay. and joining us now from amsterdam is chris ray he's a close friend of the solid mr ray i understand you known jacoba so ago for over thirty five years can you tell us what this award means to him i think there's no borders fairy is very important to him in hebrew receive it is an honor and an international recognition of the work that he has done or close to for decades and beach has made so much impact not only in but you know but also in all of this to help countries like and yeah i want to talk to you about the impact in just a moment but first tell us about the idea in turning barren land into forest and helping farmers regenerate their soil how did so there go come up with this idea. well ninety eight he was facing desertification in so much eleven decoration many

arabia -- abdullah al-hamid, mohammad fahad al-qahtani, and waleed abu al-khair -- a farmer from burkina faso named yacouba sawadogoand, the australian agronomist tony rinaudo. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we turn now to new accusations of sexual assault against president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the growing resistance to against his confirmation. at least 128 people were arrested on capitol hill monday protesting kavanaugh, who had been publicly accused of sexual misconduct by two women. dr. christine blasey ford and deborah ramirez. this is tarana burke #metoo movement, who called for the national walkout monday in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence. dr. blasey ford, like anita hill before you, we applaud you and your courage. we stand with you and we will not let you labor -- your labor be in vain. juan: in a minute, we will be joined by tarana bu