It's lively, fun and intensely practical: For more than a decade, the pioneering TV series Shamba Shape Up has …

A reality TV show in Kenya not only changes the crops of participating farmers, but also the lives of …

Shamba – Swahili for ‘farm’ – is the basis of livelihoods across East Africa, with an estimated 80% of …

The Shamba Shape Up production team travels to smallholder farms (“shambas”) across Kenya, educating farmers about improved farming methods, …

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Patricia Gichinga leads production on 'Shamba Shape-Up', a show that provides makeovers for farms in Kenya and educates farmers.

In East Africa, a "make-over" style reality television show is providing millions of farmers with top-notch agricultural information.

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Ever since I was a young girl, I always dreamed of being on television. That was considered the most …

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Showcasing African farming through TV, radio, and film can help engage the public in conversations about agriculture, food justice, …

Shamba Shape Up farmer speaks on Sustainable Development Goals

Shamba Shape Up is a reality style TV show designed to educate East Africa’s rapidly growing rural audience. The …

Peter looked confused as he recounted how he’d painstakingly planted potatoes to sell and to feed his family of …

A newsletter article produced by Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)on climate smart approaches featured on Shamba Shape-Up …

The Rockefeller Foundation is always on the lookout for innovative ways to bolster global food security. One issue the …

While farmers and researchers are coming up with more sustainable and innovative ways to farm across the globe, it’s …

Leave it to those crafty Kenyans to create a hit agricultural reality television show. “Shamba Shape Up” is a …

Shamba Shape Up (Shamba) is a television series in Kenya helping small-scale farmers give their farms a make over. …

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To raise awareness on aflatoxin contamination among groundnut farmers, ICRISAT’s Dr Samuel MC Njoroge, Scientist (Legume/Cereal Pathology), went on …

In the US, reality TV is replete with spoiled teenagers, extreme eating challenges, and arguing roommates. Here in Kenya, …

The International Potato Center (CIP) and its sweetpotato initiatives will play a lead role in one of East Africa’s …

Shamba Shape Up is a wildly popular reality show, with upwards of 10 million weekly viewers across Africa. Each …

One important question for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is how to …

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Inspired by the popularity of American and British home makeover shows, a television …

Edutainment company Mediae's latest recipe to revive rural livelihoods in Kenya mixes agricultural education and reality TV, with a …

A Kenyan reality television show is working to plug the gap between smallholder farmers and researchers — and has …

George Mungai is an unlikely TV star. The softly spoken farmer and father of six lives in a tidy …