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Daulatpur (Kushtia)

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A large border upazila in northwestern Kushtia on the Padma, a major tobacco and sugarcane growing area abutting the Indian frontier.

Wealth rank 191/452 (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 As a heavy tobacco and sugarcane belt, the upazila is exposed to the decline of the sugar-mill sector and the labour, land and health pressures of intensive tobacco cultivation and curing. So what: Reliance on declining sugar and pollutive tobacco leaves farm incomes fragile. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension
  2. air quality Tobacco-curing furnaces, brick kilns and dry-season dust load the rural air with aerosols and emissions. So what: Curing smoke and dust degrade local air quality. Source: Department of Environment
  3. poverty The upazila has a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.115 (national rank 191 of 452, fifth decile), among the poorer sub-districts in the district. So what: Modest wealth tracks the area's narrow agricultural base. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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