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Birampur (Dinajpur)

Local Gov

A rice-and-maize farming upazila in southwestern Dinajpur sitting in the deep-poverty decile of the national wealth distribution.

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. poverty Household wealth is among the lowest nationally, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.298 (national rank 40 of 452, poorest decile). So what: Farm households have thin margins and little buffer against crop-price or weather shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
2. water With negligible permanent surface water across the granary belt, irrigation here leans heavily on groundwater pumping. So what: Falling water tables raise pumping costs and threaten dry-season boro reliability. Source: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority
3. climate disaster Monsoon flows along the area's rivers bring seasonal flooding and bank erosion to low-lying farmland. So what: Recurrent inundation damages standing crops and erodes cultivable land. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions

• Promote alternate-wetting-and-drying irrigation and surface-water re-excavation to ease groundwater stress in the granary. Responsible: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority · Barind Multipurpose Development Authority programmes
• Add post-harvest value through drying, milling and cold storage paired with farmer-cooperative marketing to lift farm incomes. Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension / Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation · Department of Agricultural Extension