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Burkina Revives Millions of Degraded Acres - TRAORE’s Sustainable Farming Shocks Africa

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Africa Unbound examines Burkina Faso's push to revive millions of degraded acres through sustainable farming, and whether the land-restoration drive can hold against the Sahel's climate.

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