SPOILER! Kattints ide a szöveg elolvasásához!Studies conducted by the EPIC programme at FAO on the impacts of climate and weather shocks across six countries in sub-Saharan Africa show that climatic shocks have significant impacts on household welfare indicators. In the United Republic of Tanzania, it has been found that an increase in the variability of rainfall in the past five to ten years is associated with about a 35 percent decrease in total income, and increased variability of temperature is associated with about an 11 percent decrease in daily calorie intake. In Malawi, the occurrence of a 1 °C drought shock (i.e. 1 degree more than the upper confidence interval of the comfort zone) induces a negative drop in overall consumption per capita by about 19.9 percent and food caloric intake by about 38.7. In Ethiopia and the Niger, both rainfall and maximum temperature variability appear to exert a negative impact on consumption expenditure, household income and food security, which points towards the absence of income-smoothing behaviour.