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Bishwamvarpur (Sunamganj)

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A deep-haor upazila of northern Sunamganj where a single boro rice crop and open-water fisheries dominate livelihoods.

Wealth rank 189/452 (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. climate disaster Pre-monsoon flash floods sweeping down from the Meghalaya foothills into Bishwamvarpur's haors routinely arrive before the boro harvest is in, threatening the upazila's one rice crop. So what: A single early flood can erase a year of farm income for haor households. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  2. water The submersible crop-protection embankments ringing Bishwamvarpur's haor beels are aging and breach-prone, leaving the boro crop exposed when the water rises early. So what: A breached embankment lets floodwater into ripening fields before they can be harvested. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. poverty Bishwamvarpur's mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.116 places it in the 5th national decile (rank 189/452), marking persistent rural deprivation in a haor-dependent economy. So what: Thin household reserves leave families unable to absorb a failed boro season. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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