André Bationo
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André Bationo is a soil scientist from Burkina Faso. In 2014 he won the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for his research into soil fertility management.[1] In 2020 he was the joint winner of the Africa Food Prize, with Catherine Nakalembe.[2]
Bationo was awarded the Africa Food Prize for his work on micro-dosing fertilizer technology, and farmer credit exchange systems. Micro-dosing involves putting a small amount of fertilizer in the planting hole of a crop. This can increase yields over 100% compared to no fertilizer use, but reduces costs when compared with traditional fertilizer application.[3] The credit system allows farmers to store grain when prices are low (and receive credit) and sell when prices are high, increasing their income.[4]
