Bulletin

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NigeriaMain producing and exporting countries

Authors: 超级管理员 | Edit: xingqiang

Climaticconditions vary greatly in Nigeria where the south enjoys a very long rainyseason between April and November, while the northernmost areas usually plant maizein July to harvest in September. The major maize producing areas cover aneast-west oriented area roughly between the latitudes of 7 and 11 degreesnorthern latitude, with planting varying from March-April (in the south of thearea) to May (in the north). National CropWatch agroclimatic indicators havebeen close to average during most of the reporting period; national NDVI,indicating crop condition development, was close to the recent five-yearaverage, except during the last two dekads of July when it dipped below averagein about two thirds of the country. Negative departures for all CropWatchindicators do not play any major part in the main maize producing areas;instead, they tend to occur in the south, where plantations, cassava, and yamsplay a dominant role. These negative departures mostly affect parts of Kogi andBenue states. Altogether, crop condition in Nigeria appears to be average, withfavorable production prospects (VCIx is 0.76) due to cropped arable landfraction increasing by 5.5% over the recent five-year average.

Figure 3.22. Nigeria cropcondition, April-