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Sadullapur (Gaibandha)

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An interior agrarian upazila in western Gaibandha on the upland floodplain, dependent on paddy and other floodplain cropping.

Wealth rank 84/452 (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 Sadullapur's mean Relative Wealth Index is -0.222, in the second-poorest decile nationally (rank 84 of 452), reflecting concentrated floodplain deprivation. So what: Poor households are highly vulnerable to any harvest shock. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
agriculture Sadullapur's economy is anchored in flood-exposed floodplain cropping, with warming adding heat stress on top of flood risk. So what: Yields are caught between flooding and rising temperatures. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions

Extend heat- and submergence-tolerant rice varieties and flood-suited cropping calendars to protect yields Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
Targeted social protection and asset transfers for flood-affected floodplain households Responsible: Department of Disaster Management / Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) · policy proposal