Overlap of Marginality Hotspots and Agricultural Potentiality Map of Bangladesh (from ZEF Working Paper 114: Mohammad Abdul Malek, Md. Amzad Hossain, Ratnajit Saha and Franz W. Gatzweiler: Mapping marginality hotspots, 2013)doi:10.60507/FK2/MVZMF3bonndata2023-09-181PhD. Mohammad Abdul Malek, 2023, "Overlap of Marginality Hotspots and Agricultural Potentiality Map of Bangladesh (from ZEF Working Paper 114: Mohammad Abdul Malek, Md. Amzad Hossain, Ratnajit Saha and Franz W. Gatzweiler: Mapping marginality hotspots, 2013)", https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/MVZMF3, bonndata, V1Overlap of Marginality Hotspots and Agricultural Potentiality Map of Bangladesh (from ZEF Working Paper 114: Mohammad Abdul Malek, Md. Amzad Hossain, Ratnajit Saha and Franz W. Gatzweiler: Mapping marginality hotspots, 2013)doi:10.60507/FK2/MVZMF3afb06c08-f8aa-46f0-829f-630ef35d6d95PhD. Mohammad Abdul MalekbonndataPhD. Mohammad Abdul MalekOtherTIGAagricultural economicsagricultureThe mapping of the overlap between the marginality hotspots and agricultural potentials shows that there are eight marginal sub-districts in seven districts with highest unused agricultural potentials. These are Rajibpur (Kurigram), Dowarabazar (Sunamgonj), Porsha (Naogaon), Damurhuda (Chuadanga), Hizla (Barisal), Mehendigonj (Barisal), Bauphal (Patuakhali) and Bhandaria (Pirojpur). These areas are mostly in unfavorable agro-ecological Zones (AEZs). An AEZ in Bangladesh is defined broadly. While most of the areas within an unfavorable AEZ are not suitable for crop agriculture, there may still be some areas which are suitable for agriculture. This will become clear if we compare the map of suitability mapping and the map of unfavorable AEZ which suggests that there are some areas within the unfavorable AEZ which are suitable for agriculture (both agro-climatically and agro-edaphically). Among those marginal areas, Patuakhali, Pirojpur and Barisal are in the coastal region, Kurigram is in the Northern Char region, Sunamgong in the Haor region and Naogaon is in the drought prone areas. Only Chuadanga, among these seven districts, is not in agro-ecologically vulnerable region (Appendix B) but in food in-secured region. Another point to note is that four out of these eight sub-districts are adjacent to the Indian border, whereas the other four sub-districts are located in the coastal region. The concentration of marginality and agricultural potentials overlap in the aforementioned areas may be due to their limited connectivity with the main growth centers and ecological vulnerability. These areas are bypassed due to the general perception of AEZs as uniform entities and therefore receive less attention. Quality/Lineage: This dataset is a result of the overlap of the marginality hotspots and agricultural potentiality map. Origin dataset - see below uuid sources2013-12-192013-12-19Bangladesh87.7588073759155592.6587097189835721.55527588206352326.68672132980691This dataset was first published on the institutional Repository "Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung: ZEF Data Portal" with ID={afb06c08-f8aa-46f0-829f-630ef35d6d95}.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>csm_TIGA_logo_01_5f5f67c173.pngimage/pngmetadata.xmltext/xmlOverlap of Marginality Hotspots and Agriocultural Potentiality Map of Bangladesh.mpkapplication/octet-streamOverlap_of_Marginality_Hotspots_and_Agriocultural_Potentiality_Map_of_Bangladesh.jpgimage/jpegTIGA_overlap_marginality_agricultural_sld.sldtext/html