Dietary Shift Competition (DISH)

DISH will source solutions in Kenya and Indonesia to encourage dietary shifts in line with the recommendations from EAT-Lancet and the Planetary Health Diet.

The Dietary Shift Competition (DISH) is a collaborative project between EAT, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU). The aim is to build on existing capabilities and ensure that recommendations from the forthcoming EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0 and the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) are actionable, context-based and widely accepted.

In its first phase in 2024, DISH seeks to identify 10 to 14 integrated and viable country-generated solutions to promote dietary shifts. These solutions will be context specific for Kenya and Indonesia, rooted in global insights but locally adapted.

The competition invites all food system actors in Kenya and Indonesia— think tanks, policy makers, influencers, chefs and restaurants, food and beverage industry, marketers technology and innovation sectors, entrepreneurs, businesses and civil society—to propose well-researched ideas that promote healthy and sustainable dietary habits aligned with the Planetary Health Diet.

The top 15 finalists in each country will be awarded USD 1000 for their winning solutions. In the project’s second phase, the focus will shift to implementing the winning ideas.

To support participants, EAT has developed two reports on dietary shift solutions: one offering a snapshot of global solutions and another based on local insights from Kenya and Indonesia through interviews and literature review. Read the global report here, and the local report here.

Read more about the project and how to submit your solution here.