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Jagannathpur (Sunamganj)

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A southern Sunamganj upazila of haor wetlands and boro paddy, with strong overseas-migration ties common to greater Sylhet.

Wealth rank 165/452 (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

climate disaster Early pre-monsoon flash floods filling Jagannathpur's haors routinely arrive before the boro harvest, risking the upazila's single rice crop. So what: A pre-harvest flood erases the year's main farm income. Source: Department of Disaster Management
water Boro fields here depend on aging submersible crop-protection embankments that breach when the haors rise early. So what: Breached embankments flood ripening paddy weeks before the cut. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
poverty Jagannathpur's mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.129 sits in the 4th national decile (rank 165/452), indicating broad rural deprivation. So what: Limited local reserves leave farm households exposed to flood losses. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

Pre-monsoon employment and cash-for-work support plus boro-timed crop insurance Responsible: Department of Disaster Management / Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief · policy proposal
Diversify livelihoods through duck-fish integrated farming, cold storage, and haor-fisheries co-management Responsible: Department of Fisheries / Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal