Integrating Environmental Considerations into the Economic Decision-Making Process
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LOCAL EXPRESSIONS

Aman

Monsoon variety rice

Aus

Pre-monsoon variety rice

B. Aman

Broadcast Aman

Baor

Abandoned ox-bow lake

Beel

Perennial water body

Boro

Dry-season variety rice

Char

Sand bars, alluvial islands

District

Administrative unit

Haor

Large depression in NE region

Khal

Canal

Kharif 1

Pre-monsoon (April-July/August) dependent crop season

Kharif 2

Monsoon (July-December) dependent crop season

Mouza

Small land revenue unit

Rabi

Dry period (December-May) crop season

T. Aman

Transplanted Aman

Thana

Lowest administrative unit

Union

Conglomerate of villages; lowest tier of local government system

Taka

Local currency

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