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Kahaloo (Bogura)

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A western Bogura upazila on the higher Barind-margin ground, a rural farming area growing paddy, potato and vegetables.

Wealth rank 153/452 (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 Growers depend on the district's cold-storage and trading system, exposing potato and vegetable harvests to spoilage and price collapse when capacity is short. So what: Smallholders lose perishable output and face glut-season price falls. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
  2. climate disaster Rising heat stress is straining outdoor farm labour and the perishable cold-chain the local economy relies on. So what: Hotter seasons cut field productivity and accelerate produce loss. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. poverty Below-average household wealth, with an RWI mean of -0.136, reflects constrained rural means. So what: Low reserves leave farming households exposed to income shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions