[Music] when fosa sichi was a little girl people in Ghana ate casava to ward off starvation today this stachi tuba is a secret to her success when I was young casaba is a poor man's work by now if you touch casaba you are a rich people in Ghana yeah those touching casaba we don't have problem FAA has been processing casava Inari a popular food in Western Africa since she was 8 years old but much has changed over the last 30 years that time we don't have machine so we get it by our hand that's Manpower and we place it by Big Stone back in the 1980s she recognized cassara's potential and invested in a grating machine but her business only started flourishing when she received training on better processing techniques through the rout and tuba Improvement program supported by the international fund for Agricultural Development or Eed the program set out to raise incomes of poor casava Farmers by increasing their yields and creating efficient markets benefiting both producers and processors I have some customers from us UK Nigeria Mali Niger and so many other places they came here and buy my G yeah because my G now I can talk I'm proud of my processing it's good and it's quality today she employs 34 women and produces almost 30 tons of gar a week she also extracts starch which she sells to textile and pharmaceutical factories and uses the pills as animal food so we don't throw anything from casaba out we use everything inside the casab in June 2010 faa's Factory was awarded as a GPC a good practicing Center and today she is the one giving advice last time I was talking to them about my life and they say hey they want to be like me but how can be and I tell them oh it's little by today thanks to Gava FAA owns her own home and can afford to send her children to private school I pay their fees I feed them earing the money every morning they are need every time yeah so kasaba help me and it take my children to to grow High with Ghana producing 12 million tons of Cava annually FAA has every reason to be optimistic for her family's future for Hungry Planet I'm Sam Cole [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] the Philippines is known as the texting capital of the world around 3/4 of the entire country have cell phones and most everyone is using them for something with about 11% of the workforce living overseas an increasing number using SMS text messaging to transfer cash back home to their families the Philippines is also home to an increasing number of devastating storms Rising Seas and conflicts hunger is a problem for many displaced families who have lost homes farmland and livelihoods in emergencies like these the world food program helps by providing long lasting Staples like rice and oil and cash for work projects like these new homes being built help uprooted communities get back on their feet in situations where food is available but Out Of Reach to many wfp is Testing mobile phones to transfer for the cash they have earned so that they can buy food message today these women are learning how to enter the proper codes and collect their cash adopting technology to help fight hunger it becomes like a digital wallet it's almost like a a bank account and our surveys shows that they are spending 70 to 80% of the cash on food so we think that's a good thing Rosemarie esta does too her home was completely destroyed in 2009 by typhoon Katana today wfp and the European Union have credited her with 240 pesos about $55 dollar which she claims from a shop that participates in the program of that she spends 79 pesos on chicken and 8 pesos on milk to feed her [Music] family she told me that with cash she could buy buy a greater variety of food before the typhoon rosem Marie and her family lived in a house by a lake now they live under a makeshift roof of plastic sheeting between some homes and a sewage ditch rising sea levels typhoons and conflict is keeping the Philippines with one foot on either side of the edge between hunger and hope WP is trying to use available technology and creative ways to help people get their balance it's a Spartan existence but the food Rosemary and her family are able to buy gives them some semblance of normality and keeps their stomachs full for Hungry Planet I'm Jonathan Dumont [Music] you want more bang for your buck let's talk about the human rescue plan the world food program fighting hunger worldwide [Music] forests provide essential resources for the planet when they're destroyed entire ecosystems can go into shock 2011 has been declared by the United Nations to be the international year of forests they cover a third of the planet's land mass and provide over 1 and a half billion people with a livelihood the United Nations food and agriculture organization partnered with the Philippines government to promote anr as a way of regenerating the forests the an anr technique is simple and above all cost effective when a small tree is located a ring is weeded around it and the surrounding grass is pressed down finally nearby grass is cut away so sunlight can penetrate the area and trees can grow quickly all these little fellas that trying to grow get a chance to grow and you can see the result this is only 2 years old and how many species of you out here all Native species as people begin to understand the fragility of our natural systems they're flocking to see forests this means new sources of income along with increased possibilities for Eco tourism communities also benefit from the Forest Products they're able to collect the tropical pandanas plant is used both as food and to make dozens of household products these women use it to make baskets now on sale throughout the Philippines it's an important source of income and it's directly tied to the state of the surrounding forests the United Nations International year of forests aims to raise awareness of the fact that healthy forests are an important part of guaranteeing sustainable development regeneration projects help to ensure that we can continue to celebrate forests well into the future [Music] [Music]