The War Against Hunger
The war against world hunger never ends, but it always changes---and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it worse.
Some 272 million people now face "extreme hunger"...
Motlatsi Musi
I Am an Activist FOR Food
When I see my fellow South Africans queueing up for food, the sad sight reminds me that we still need to decolonize our minds.
People in the developed world ma...
South Africa Farm Tour-Technology
Motlatsi Musi is a farmer from South Africa who has enjoyed being able to use GM technology to fight pests. GM crops have increased his profitability, which all...
New study shows GM crops can lift farmers out of poverty
By growing GMOs, "Financially, I managed to send my children to school," said Motlatsi Musi, a South African farmer who is a member of the Global Farmer Network...
Africa's New Fight for Justice
Nobody knows how many Africans will die from coronavirus.
A new report from the United Nations says that the death toll probably will exceed 300,000.
It ...
For Africa, the Way Forward is to Embrace Technology, Not Fear It!
When I first heard about the activists who want to take away crop-protection products from African farmers like me, I couldnt believe it. Do they really want t...
Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story
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. Theyre...
Growing Optimism
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...
We Must Remove the Landmines That Limit Access to Biotechnology in Africa
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 ...
Motlatsi Musi
Farmer, South Africa
Mr. Motlatsi Musi grows maize, beans, potatoes, breeding pigs and cows on 21 hectares he acquired in 2004 through the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development Program (LRAD) in South Africa. He was recognized Oct 17 in Des Moines, Iowa as the 2017 Kleckner Award recipient.