| Major Components | Sub-Components | Hypothesized functional relationship between indicator and vulnerability |
| Soil and water | Inverse of average hectare of land under SWC | A Large hectare of land under SWC and irrigation reduce vulnerability, but here an inverse is considered. |
| Inverse of average hectare of land under Irrigation | ||
| Percentage of households reporting land degradation by climate-related extremes during the past 20 years | A Higher percentage of households reporting land degradation increase vulnerability. | |
| Agriculture | Inverse of Kilograms of total production harvested | Increased quantity of total production harvested reduces vulnerability but here an inverse is considered. |
| Inverse of Percent of crop diversity | Higher crop diversity reduces vulnerability but here an inverse is considered. | |
| Percent of household who do not save seeds | Higher the proportion of Households who do not save seeds, higher is the vulnerability | |
| Food | Percent of household who do not save crops | Higher proportion of households who do not save crops, higher is the vulnerability |
| Average number of months households trouble getting enough food (range: 0 - 12) | Higher food insecurity results in a higher vulnerability. | |
| Asset | Inverse of Number of livestock owned in TLU | Higher livestock ownership and landholding size reduce vulnerability, but here an inverse is considered |
| Inverse of average Ha of land holding | ||
| Percent of households who do not have access to credit | A Higher proportion of households who do not have access to credit increased vulnerability. | |
| Livelihood strategies | Inverse of Percent of households worked in non-farm activity | A Higher percentage of households who worked in non-farm and off-farm activity reduce vulnerability, but here an inverse is considered. |
| Inverse of Percent of households worked in off-farm activities | ||
| Percentage of households solely dependent on agriculture as source of income | A Higher percentage of households solely dependent on agriculture as a source of income increase vulnerability. | |
| Innovation | Inverse of Percent of HH used insecticide and pesticide | A Higher percentage of households used insecticide and pesticide, fertilizer, improved seeds, and practiced irrigation reduce vulnerability, but here an inverse is considered. |
| Inverse of Percent of HH used fertilizer | ||
| Inverse of Percent of HH used improved seeds | ||
| Inverse of Percent of HH practiced irrigation | ||
| Infrastructure | Walking distance in hours to main road | Longer the distance, the higher is the vulnerability. |
| Walking distance to school | ||
| Walking distance to veterinary service | ||
| Walking distance to market | ||
| Walking distance to water sources | ||
| Walking distance to health center | ||
| Inverse of Percent of HH who owned mobile phone | A Higher percentage of households who used mobile phone reduce vulnerability but here an inverse is considered. |