Table 4 Normalized vulnerability indices for selected indicators [Household survey, March to April 2014 and Meteorology data]
Natural capital | Unit | Actual | Max | Min | VI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inverse of farmland size households own | Hectare | 1.07 | 5 | 0 | 0.79 |
HHs whose land located in rugged terrain | % | 34.2 | 100 | 0 | 0.34 |
HHs who owned highly eroded farmland | % | 77.7 | 100 | 0 | 0.78 |
HHs owned poorly fertile farmland | % | 87.5 | 100 | 0 | 0.88 |
Inverse of index of crop yield | Quintal | 4.09 | 19.3 | 0.5 | 0.81 |
HHs who unable to save crops for food shortage | % | 90.7 | 100 | 0 | 0.91 |
HHs who unable to put seeds for the next cropping season | % | 23.5 | 100 | 0 | 0.24 |
Crop yield trend stability | % | 88 | 100 | 0 | 0.81 |
HHs who are in fear of loss of their farmland | % | 17 | 100 | 0 | 0.17 |
HHs who have not got certificate for their farmland | % | 8.7 | 100 | 0 | 0.09 |
HHs who have not got land management training | % | 85 | 100corr | 0 | 0.85 |
Distance to fertilizer market center | % | 92.48 | 260 | 5 | 0.34 |
HHs who unable to use modern fertilizers | % | 27 | 100 | 0 | 0.27 |
Inverse of amount of modern fertilizer use | No. | 36.89 | 175 | 0 | 0.79 |
Average farmland vulnerability index | 0.58 | ||||
STDEV of mean maximum temperature by year | 0C | 3.86 | 4.86 | 3.07 | 0.44 |
STDEV of mean maximum temperature by month | 0C | 1.48 | 1.91 | 0.95 | 0.55 |
STDEV of mean minimum temperature by year | 0C | 1.88 | 2.36 | 1.39 | 0.51 |
STDEV mean of minimum temperature by month | 0C | 0.71 | 1.01 | 0.42 | 0.49 |
Average exposure index by temperature | 0.50 | ||||
Average STDEV of RF (1979–2010) by month | MM | 45.69 | 100.44 | 2.99 | 0.44 |
Average STDEV of RF (1979–2010) by year | MM | 550.37 | 569.98 | 535.26 | 0.44 |
Average exposure to rainfall variability | 0.44 | ||||
Frequency of major hazards | Frequency | 4.57 | 9 | 0 | 0.51 |
Average hazard frequency | 0.40 | ||||
Climate change/variability and hazards | 0.46 |