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Mirpur (Kushtia)

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A tobacco-growing upazila in central Kushtia, a flat farming area closely tied to the region's cigarette-industry supply chain.

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. agriculture Dominated by tobacco cultivation, the upazila faces the land, labour and health pressures of intensive tobacco growing and curing, with crop diversification lagging. So what: Tobacco dependence carries health and land-use costs and crowds out food crops. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension
2. air quality Tobacco-curing furnaces, brick kilns and dry-season dust raise local aerosol and emission loading. So what: Curing smoke and dust worsen rural air. Source: Department of Environment
3. climate disaster Strong pre-monsoon warming over the open plain intensifies heat across the farming area. So what: Rising heat threatens crops and farm labour. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

• Scale up heat-tolerant and diversified crop varieties and shaded labour scheduling to reduce tobacco dependence. Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
• Phase out fixed-chimney kilns and regulate tobacco-curing furnaces to cut emissions. Responsible: Department of Environment · policy proposal