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Basail (Tangail)

Local Gov

A small low-lying rice-farming upazila in central Tangail, characteristic of the district's rural agricultural base.

Wealth rank 374/452 (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

  1. agriculture Basail's rice-dependent farming sits in a district facing the highest warming of the four, raising heat and water-stress pressure on the cropping calendar. So what: Heat and irrigation stress threaten yields for smallholder rice farmers. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
  2. climate disaster As a low-lying upazila on the Tangail floodplain, Basail is exposed to seasonal flooding that can inundate boro and aman fields. So what: Flood damage in low fields disrupts harvests and rural income. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. poverty Basail records an RWI mean of 0.133, among the higher wealth deciles in the upazila distribution, so deprivation is not acute relative to peers. So what: Comparative wealth still leaves farm households exposed to climate-driven income shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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