Smart Food show to promote healthier lifestyles in Kenya

The Smart Food Reality Show is an initiative of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), an implementing partner of the Feed the Future Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development Program funded by U.S. Government's global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future through the support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID). PHOTO:COURTESY

A Smart Food Reality Show will be launched on television this coming Sunday 5 March. This is the result of a unique collaboration between scientists and media with a new approach to popularize healthy and drought tolerant foods.

Promoting the health benefits of drought resilient crops could be one answer to the country’s devastating drought situation. This year 2.7 million people are affected according to the International Red Cross, and the government has declared a national disaster.