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• The Venn diagram (printed on A0-sized paper) from Figure 3 is arranged and
displayed on a wall or flip chart for group discussion. It consists of three zones:
the core zone (representing selected food system issues), the second circle
(showing directly involved stakeholders), and the boundary circle (highlighting
indirectly involved stakeholders) (Figure 3 and Annex 4).

• The facilitator allocates 20-25 minutes to explain and guide group participants
in listing stakeholders—including their own organizations or other units—who
they think play a direct or indirect role in addressing the food systems issue.
Stakeholder names should be detailed, specifying departments, sub-departments,
or units within their institutions. For example, instead of just listing Department of
Agriculture and Environment, the participants need to specify the sub-departments
or offices like Sub-Department of Plant Production and Protection.

• The facilitator guides group participants by pasting colored sticky notes onto the
Venn diagram in the designated zone (direct or indirect involved stakeholders).
As they do so, the facilitator prompts discussion on the stakeholders’ roles in
solving food systems issues. These roles may relate to financial assistance,
technical assistance, input supply, capacity building, monitoring and evaluating,
and others.

• Participants indicate stakeholder roles by drawing arrows from them to the food
system issues, either directly or through intermediary stakeholders.

Box 3. Notes on actor mapping for priority food systems issues

 Identifying key stakeholders: Facilitators guide all group participants to
identify stakeholders who are truly involved and engaged in addressing food
systems issues, not only based on official functions and tasks.

 Broadening scope: Facilitators ensure participants consider all contributors,
including those outside the public sector, who play a role in food system
solutions.

 Documentation: Facilitators and interpreters gather all information from
group discussions, collecting the photos, audio records and all materials.

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