Motlatsi Musi

For Africa, the Way Forward is to Embrace Technology, Not Fear It!

Motlatsi MusiMay 17, 2019

When I first heard about the activists who want to take away crop-protection products from African farmers like me, I couldn’t believe it. Do they really want t...

Crop Protection & DiseaseFood and Nutritional Security0 Comments 2

Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story

Motlatsi MusiOctober 5, 2017

As a child, I would collect dry cattle dung on the outskirts of town. My family burned it to cook food and keep warm. For protein, we often ate locusts. They’re...

Agricultural TechnologyFood and Nutritional Security3 Comments 5

Growing Optimism

Motlatsi MusiJune 26, 2014

Once, my farm was part of a war zone, just south of Johannesburg, South Africa. I had to be optimistic to drive a tractor through a minefield, as I did in the a...

Agricultural TechnologyBiofortificationFood and Nutritional Security5 Comments 0

We Must Remove the Landmines That Limit Access to Biotechnology in Africa

Motlatsi MusiNovember 21, 2012

Back in the dark days of apartheid, many South African farmers like myself were forced to drive our tractors through fields full of landmines as we worked hard ...

Agricultural TechnologyFood and Nutritional Security0 Comments 0

Trade

Three Voices. One Message. Ratify USMCA Now.

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and “Land of the Rising Sun”

Technology

Sharing A GM Technology Testimony From India to Uganda

Much is at Stake as the War on Glyphosate Threatens Australia Agriculture

Let the Farmer Have a Voice

For Africa, the Way Forward is to Embrace Technology, Not Fear It!

Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story

Growing Optimism

We Must Remove the Landmines That Limit Access to Biotechnology in Africa

Motlatsi Musi