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Purbadhala (Netrokona)

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A northern rural upazila of Netrokona on the higher ground between the Garo-hill fringe and the haor lowlands, with a mix of paddy farming and wetland edges.

Wealth rank 63/452 (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 Deep household poverty, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.255 placing Purbadhala in the second-poorest decile of upazilas nationally. So what: A weak asset base limits households' ability to recover from seasonal shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster Pre-monsoon flash floods reaching the haor-fringe parts of the upazila threaten boro paddy before harvest. So what: Low-lying fields can lose their single rice crop to early flooding. Source: Department of Disaster Management
agriculture Seasonally inundated low-lying land restricts much of the upazila to single-crop boro cultivation. So what: Single-crop reliance keeps farm incomes low and exposed. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

Promote early-maturing boro varieties and maintain submersible embankments before the pre-monsoon Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board and Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
Diversify livelihoods into open-water fisheries co-management and duck rearing to reduce single-crop dependence Responsible: Department of Fisheries · policy proposal