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Madhukhali (Faridpur)

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A northern upazila of Faridpur on the Ganges floodplain, an agrarian community known for onion, jute and pulse cultivation.

Wealth rank 207/452 (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

poverty A mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.098 (national rank 207/452, fifth decile) places Madhukhali below average, consistent with Faridpur ranking the poorest of its district group. So what: Thin household wealth leaves farming families exposed to price and flood shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
water Lying within the Padma channel and char belt that drive seasonal flooding and bank erosion across the district, the upazila's farmland and settlements face inundation and shifting river margins. So what: Flooding and erosion threaten cropland and homesteads near the active channel. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions

River-bank protection and revetment paired with predictive erosion mapping and managed relocation of at-risk households Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Char-targeted livelihood and social-protection transfers for the poorest agrarian households Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal