Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice

23 and b) higher incomes (see feedback loop R1 in Figure 4d). However, there are two drawbacks from the feedback loop R1. First, the acquisition of resources decreases households’ cash (see feedback loop B1 in Figure 4d) thereby reducing the food affordability. Second, higher production will eventually translate into lower maize prices, reducing farmers’ income and profit margins (see feedback loop B2 in Figure 4d). Figure 4. Causal loop diagrams (CLDs) explaining the decrease and fluctuations of maize affordability in Huehuetenango. CLDs were produced by (a) central government delegates; (b) NGO delegates; (c) academics delegates and (d) farmers delegates; during one-to-one semi structured interviews. 2.3.3. Influence-Interest Grid Figure 4 presents the stakeholders’ grid produced by the delegates. The four stakeholder groups participating in this case study were consistently identified by all the delegates as those with the highest interest in the problem (see Figure 5). The central government and NGO working in the area were described as being the stakeholders in a better position to solve the problem or those with higher influence on the problem (see quadrant I in Figure 5). Other stakeholders, like the large-scale farmers producing food in the region and traders, were also recognised as highly influential. However, there was an agreement among delegates of all the stakeholder groups participating that, unfortunately, large-scale farmers and maize traders have no interest in enhancing food security in the region (quadrant IV in Figure 5). While recognized as those with higher interest in the problem, small-scale farmers were portraited as the group with the lowest influence on it (see quadrant II in Figure 5). Academics and stakeholders not participating in the PSP (local government) were also portrayed as interested parties with low influence.