Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

Two men walk through a deserted landscape north of Ouahigouya, in Burkina Faso’s Yatenga province © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

Fula (Peul in French) farmers take care of their animals at a market in the Centre-Nord region © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

Two farmers, Moussa and Idriss, laboriously till the earth in their field © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

Arid soil, hit hard by advancing desertification © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

A family works to grow millet in northern Burkina Faso © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

Women busy grinding millet under a tree in Bam province © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

A Burkinabe IDP (internally displaced person) transports her son on a bike under the burning sun in the outskirts of Ouagadougou © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

Children collect water from one of the rare wells in the area around Nementenga, not far from Boulsa © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi

Fighting for the land in Burkina Faso

A man and his wife wait under a tree for the temperature to drop, before continuing their journey on the road to Ouahigouya © Marco Simoncelli, Davide Lemmi