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Dhanbari (Tangail)

Local Gov

A small northern Tangail upazila of rice and mixed agriculture on the district's plain.

Wealth rank 234/452 (1 = poorest upazila)

Indicators: Meta RWI (HDX); ERA5-Land; MODIS; Sentinel-5P; VIIRS night-lights; GHSL; Hansen v1.11; CHIRPS v2.0. Exposure: GloFAS v2.1, FABDEM, MODIS LST, ACAG PM2.5, WorldPop 2020.

Problems and issues

agriculture Dhanbari's rice-based farming faces the warming and water-stress pressures documented across Tangail district. So what: Climate stress on the cropping calendar threatens smallholder yields. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
economy Local livelihoods reflect the district's slow economic-activity growth, with limited off-farm employment. So what: Weak job creation drives out-migration of working-age residents. Source: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC)
poverty Dhanbari records an RWI mean of -0.076, in the middle wealth deciles among upazilas and the lower-middle range within Tangail. So what: Modest wealth offers limited buffer against agricultural and income shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

Promote climate-resilient rice varieties with improved water-management extension Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) · policy proposal
Cottage-industry and handloom credit and market-linkage support to expand off-farm income Responsible: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) · BSCIC handloom cluster support