Appendix B. Pathways of food security for poor and extreme poor farmers in Guatemala

Source: Pons, 2021.

This diagram shows how climate variability and climate change can affect the sources of food for very poor and poor households in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor area. It accounts for individuals who buy their food, grow their food, or acquire their food from wild sources. It also identifies entry points for adaptation mechanisms in each case to avoid food insecurity. Very poor and poor households generate their income from casual labour as “unskilled labour”, such as on coffee farms, and acquire additional food from natural sources such as forests or water bodies. Food security is achieved through a combination of the different pathways.¹⁵²