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Lohajang (Munshiganj)

Local Gov

A Padma-side upazila in southwestern Munshiganj where potato cultivation on the floodplain meets relentless riverbank erosion.

Wealth rank 381/452 (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

climate disaster Fronting the Padma, Lohajang suffers chronic riverbank erosion and seasonal flooding that consume farmland and homesteads. So what: Erosion repeatedly displaces families and shrinks the land base. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
agriculture The local economy leans heavily on potato grown on stable floodplain land, which erosion and flood exposure directly threaten alongside limited cold storage. So what: A single-commodity base is vulnerable to land loss and price shocks. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

Invest in riverbank protection (revetments, geo-bag and CC-block works) and erosion monitoring along the Padma. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Expand cold-storage capacity and diversify cropping beyond potato to cut post-harvest and price-shock losses. Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal