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Panchbibi (Joypurhat)

Local Gov

A northern Joypurhat upazila on the India border, combining intensive Barind rice farming with a land-frontier setting.

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. governance As a border upazila adjoining India, Panchbibi faces frontier issues including cross-border trade and smuggling pressures alongside its agricultural economy. So what: Border-related informal trade complicates local economic regulation. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
2. water Panchbibi's farming depends wholly on Barind groundwater in a district with effectively no permanent surface water, exposing irrigation to declining water tables. So what: Groundwater dependence threatens the sustainability of intensive cropping. Source: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)
3. poverty Panchbibi's RWI mean of -0.172 sits in a lower-middle wealth decile among upazilas, indicating modest wealth. So what: Modest wealth provides limited buffer against water and climate stress. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

• Promote groundwater-conserving irrigation: alternate wetting-and-drying for rice, buried-pipe networks and metered solar pumping Responsible: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) · policy proposal
• Combine social-protection targeting with off-farm livelihood and agro-SME programs to lift the poorest households Responsible: Department of Social Services / SME Foundation · policy proposal