Sunnah.com reference : Book 7, Hadith 168English translation : Book 7, Hadith 922Arabic reference : Book 7, Hadith 916
Narrated Sa'id bin Zaid (RA):
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If anyone makes a barren land productive, then it belongs to him."

[Reported by ath-Thalatha. at-Tirmidhi graded it Hasan (good)].
وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- عَنْ اَلنَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ: { مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضاً مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ }  رَوَاهُ اَلثَّلَاثَةُ, وَحَسَّنَهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ.‏