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Country analysisMain producing and exporting countries

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Subsequent pages present CropWatch results for each of thethirty key countries (China is addressed in Chapter 4). The maps refer to cropgrowing areas only and include (a) Maximum VCI (over arable land mask) for April1-July 31, 2014 by pixel; (b) Spatial NDVI patterns from January or April (accordingto local cropping patterns) up to July 2014 (compared to the 5YA); (c) NDVIprofiles associated with the spatial pattern under (b); and (d) Crop conditiondevelopment graph based on NDVI average over crop areas, comparing the October2013-September 2014 period to the previous season, to the five-year average(5YA), and the five-year maximum. See also Annex A, tables A.2-A.10, and AnnexB, tables B.1-B.5, for additional information about indicator values andproduction estimates by country. Country agricultural profiles are posted onwww.cropwatch.com.cn.