Romaniapresents favorable crop condition during the reporting period (VCIx=0.89),which covers the harvest of winter wheat and the planting of summer crops,especially maize (planted before May). According to the CropWatch agroclimaticindicators, Romania experienced close to average environmental conditions: RAINwas up 0.3%, TEMP down 0.4°C, and RADPAR down 4% compared with the recent thirteen-yearaverage. Due to the wet conditions, the potential biomass accumulation (BIOMSS)increased 5%. The area of actually cropped land was close to the five-yearaverage. As the NDVI patterns show, in most parts (more than 85%) of Romania,the NDVI trend was similar to the last five-year average from April to July. Inthe central south and south-east (including Constanta, Bucharest, and Craiova),the NDVI trend was below average starting in the end of June, due to excessrainfall. Altogether, the output of the summer season is expected to be closeto the recent five-year average. 

    (a)  Cropcondition development graph based on NDVI           (b) Maximum VCI