André Bationo is a soil scientist from Burkina Faso.
[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.
[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.