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Boalmari (Faridpur)

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A western interior upazila of Faridpur on the Ganges floodplain, an agrarian community growing jute, pulses and onion.

Wealth rank 159/452 (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 A mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.132 (national rank 159/452, fourth decile) marks Boalmari as among the materially poorer upazilas, consistent with Faridpur's standing as the poorest of its district group. So what: Low household wealth limits the ability of farming families to absorb crop and flood shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
agriculture The upazila's jute, pulse and onion economy on floodplain soils is exposed to seasonal waterlogging and flood damage typical of the district. So what: Crop losses in flood years cut into already thin smallholder incomes. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

Char- and floodplain-targeted livelihood transfers and flood-tolerant cropping support to lift the poorest agrarian households Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
Social-protection transfers targeted to low-wealth rural households Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal