Climatic extremes’ resilient livelihoods of rural households in the Eastern Ethiopia

Tofu, Daniel Assefa; Mekuria, Mesfin Mengistu; Ogato, Gemechu Shale

doi:10.1186/s40066-023-00446-0

Agriculture & Food Security

Table 1 Components loading weights of the three resilience capacities and their sub-components

From: Climatic extremes’ resilient livelihoods of rural households in the Eastern Ethiopia

	Resilience capacity dimensions	COP1	COP2	Index
I	Absorptive capacity
1	Stability			0.49
	Soil and water conservation practices	0.61		0.61
	Climate awareness	0.57		0.57
	Soil fertility		0.81	0.29
	Land scape	0.48		0.48
2	Access to informal safety nets (SSN)			0.51
	Social group network	0.70		0.70
	Network with relatives	0.70		0.70
	Network with religious group	0.12		0.12
3	Kind & cash saving experience	0.69		0.69
4	Access to remittances		0.69	0.17
5	Access to humanitarian assistance	0.68		0.68
6	Early warning system		0.69	0.16
II	Adaptive capacity (AC)
1	Income and food access (IFA)			0.55
	Monthly income	0.72		0.72
	Consumption from own production	0.62		0.62
	Consumption from aid		0.87	0.30
2	Access to basic services (ABS)			0.35
	Access to water		0.81	-0.22
	Access to health service	0.60		0.60
	Access to veterinary service	0.68		0.68
	Access to extension service		0.44	0.35
	Access to school service
	Access to road service
3	Diversification of livelihood strategies			0.54
	Mixed farming	0.26		0.26
	Cash crop production	0.69		0.69
	Petty trade	0.68		0.68
4	Technology adoption			0.56
	Use of fertilizer	0.64		0.64
	Use of improved seed	0.39		0.39
	Agricultural chemicals	0.66		0.66
5	Demographic profile			0.40
	Gender		0.81	0.20
	Age	0.60		0.60
	Family size	0.57		0.57
	Education		0.41	0.11
	Number of labor force in the household	0.51		0.51
6	Asset ownership (AST)			0.34
	Car	0.48		0.48
	Motor cycle		0.44	0.33
	Mobile		0.61	0.16
	Television	0.40		0.41
	Radio	0.42		0.42
	Farm equipment	0.16		0.16
	Land	0.35		0.35
	TLU	0.38		0.38
7	Access to financial services		0.61	0.37
8	Capacity building training		0.52	0.47
9	Access to climate information	0.55		0.55
10	Practice of small-scale irrigation	0.59		0.59
III	Transformative capacity
1	Access to formal safety nets (SSN)			0.57
	Social assistance received	0.57		0.57
	Formal social group network	0.72		0.72
	Involvement in farmers’ cooperative		0.80	0.41
2	Availability of markets		0.38	0.28
3	Access to basic services (ABS)			0.46
	Electricity	0.25		0.25
	Water	0.26		0.26
	Health service	0.66		0.66
	Veterinary service	0.66		0.66
4	Access to infrastructure	0.31		0.31
5	Access to agricultural services	0.44		0.44
6	Collective action	0.57		0.57
7	Social cohesion	0.39		0.39
8	Participation in local decision-making		0.77	0.22
9	Local government responsiveness		0.52	0.35
	Ground total			0.44

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