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Barhatta (Netrokona)

Local Gov

A haor-influenced rural upazila of Netrokona dependent on single-crop boro paddy and seasonal wetland resources.

Wealth rank 87/452 (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 -0.216 placing Barhatta in the second-poorest decile of upazilas nationally. So what: Acute asset poverty leaves households unable to absorb crop-loss shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster Pre-monsoon flash floods sweeping the haor basin put Barhatta's boro fields at risk before harvest. So what: The sole annual rice crop can be lost to a single early flood. Source: Department of Disaster Management
agriculture Seasonally inundated land confines cultivation to one boro season, with little scope for a second crop. So what: Single-crop reliance keeps farm incomes low and volatile. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

Complete and maintain submersible embankments around the haors before the pre-monsoon and promote early-maturing boro varieties 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