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Sujanagar (Pabna)

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A riverine upazila in southern Pabna on the Padma floodplain, known for onion cultivation.

Wealth rank 192/452 (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

water On the Padma floodplain, Sujanagar faces chronic riverbank erosion and seasonal flooding with shifting permanent water bodies. So what: Erosion claims homesteads and cropland and forces repeated relocation. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)
poverty Among the poorer upazilas in Pabna (RWI -0.115, national rank 192/452, poverty decile 5 of 10). So what: Limited savings leave erosion- and flood-affected families with little to rebuild. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
agriculture Onion and floodplain cropping are highly exposed to flood timing and river-land loss. So what: Flood and erosion losses undermine the upazila's signature onion economy. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)

Probable solutions

Riverbank protection and erosion-control works along the Padma with char-resettlement support Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) · policy proposal
Onion storage, value-chain and flood-resilient cropping support to stabilise farm incomes Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) · policy proposal