| Adaptive Capacity indicators | Prioritized adaptive capacity sub-indicators | description | Direction of influence | 1Contribution to household’s adaptive capacity (%) |
| Human capital | Age of household age | Years (continuous) | ± | 9.31 |
| Farming experience | Years in farming (continuous) | + | 10.35 | |
| Education | Years of schooling (continuous) | + | 10.17 | |
| Place attachment ratio | Time lived in an area/age (continuous) | - | 5.45 | |
| Gender | 1 male, 0 Female (Nominal) | ± | 2.82 | |
| Willingness & planning to adapt | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 9.23 | |
| Natural capitals | Farm size | Hectare (continuous) | + | 9.13 |
| Access to irrigation water | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 8.35 | |
| Farmland soil fertility | 0 infertile, 1 low, 2 medium, 3 high | ± | 10.24 | |
| Access to forest resources | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 6.74 | |
| Financial capital | Credit and saving | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 0.76 |
| Total income (farm & non-farm) | Birr (continuous) | + | 1.05 | |
| Livelihood diversity index | Index 0 - 1 (continuous) | + | 1.22 | |
| Social capital | Membership in insurance scheme | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 1.37 |
| Training on climate variation | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 1.24 | |
| Membership in farm organization | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 1.07 | |
| Land certification | 1 certified, 2 uncertified (Nominal) | + | 4.06 | |
| Integration of different approaches in climate change adaptation | 1 high, 2 low, 3 no (Ordinal) | ± | 1.97 | |
| Physical capital | Access to market | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 2.07 |
| Access to health care | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 1.10 | |
| Access to farm inputs | 1 yes, 0 no (dummy) | + | 2.30 |