Evidence for agriculture-based economies demonstrates that non-farm sources of income account for about 20-30 per cent of total income for rural households, a significant portion of which could consist of remittances from household members who migrated to urban areas (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2012). Policies that facilitate the transfer of such remittances would then come to be considered highly necessary for stabilizing and increasing income levels of the most disadvantaged groups. How to cope with and adapt to the impact of higher temperatures on human health is a relevant issue in this regard. Increasingly, national heat wave plans are being implemented to deal with extreme heat, especially in countries where temperatures can reach unbearable levels.