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Jamalganj (Sunamganj)

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A central haor upazila of Sunamganj, encompassing some of the district's largest open wetlands and among its poorest communities.

Wealth rank 38/452 (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

  1. poverty Jamalganj is in the poorest national decile, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.301 (rank 38/452), one of the most deprived upazilas surveyed. So what: Deep poverty leaves households defenceless against a failed boro season. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. climate disaster Pre-monsoon flash floods into Jamalganj's extensive haors routinely arrive before the boro harvest, repeatedly destroying the single rice crop. So what: The upazila's primary food and cash crop is lost as it ripens. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. environment Jamalganj's open haor fisheries face pressure from overfishing and dry-season dewatering of beels, threatening the catch that supplements rice incomes. So what: Declining fish stocks erode the second pillar of the haor economy. Source: Department of Fisheries

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