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Madan (Netrokona)

Local Gov

A low-lying haor upazila of Netrokona where deep wetland inundation and single-crop boro paddy define the agricultural calendar.

Wealth rank 167/452 (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 -0.128 places Madan in the poorer fourth decile of upazilas nationally, reflecting a thin household asset base. So what: Low household wealth makes recovery from a flooded harvest slow. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster As a deep-haor upazila, Madan faces pre-monsoon flash floods that can submerge boro paddy before it is harvested. So what: The single annual rice crop is exposed to total loss in a flood year. Source: Department of Disaster Management
agriculture Prolonged seasonal inundation restricts cultivation to one boro crop, leaving fields under water for much of the year. So what: Single-crop dependence caps incomes and concentrates risk in one season. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

Complete and maintain submersible embankments around the haors before the pre-monsoon and promote early-maturing boro varieties Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board and Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
Diversify livelihoods into open-water fisheries co-management and duck rearing to reduce single-crop dependence Responsible: Department of Fisheries · policy proposal