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Bajitpur (Kishoreganj)

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A trade-oriented upazila on the southern fringe of the Kishoreganj haor, mixing boro paddy farming with a long-established market town.

Wealth rank 254/452 (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

agriculture Bajitpur's farm economy leans heavily on single-season boro paddy grown on haor-edge land, leaving little crop diversification and full exposure to one harvest window. So what: Any disruption to the boro season hits nearly the whole rural income base. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension
climate disaster Pre-monsoon heat and intense monsoon rainfall over the haor basin shorten the window for boro maturation and raise the flash-flood risk to standing crops. So what: The harvest must beat an increasingly narrow and unpredictable weather window. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

Distribute short-duration, early-maturing boro rice varieties to bring harvest forward of the flood window Responsible: Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) / Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
Expand crop insurance and alternative livelihoods such as fisheries and duck rearing to diversify income beyond single-crop paddy Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal