This analysis covers the growing and harvesting stages of winter cereals, along withthe sowing and key growth period of coarse grains and maize in Uzbekistan. Cropcondition is generally poor. The country as a whole showed a decrease ofrainfall (RAIN) and biomass (BIOMSS) (-5% and -0.6% respectively), whiletemperature (TEMP) and PAR (RADPAR) were just above the average (0.4°C and 1%,respectively) of the past thirteen-year. A detailed look at the indicatorsshows that maximum VCI is below 0.5 for areas throughout the country except forsoutheast Qoraqalpoghiston and Termez, generally indicating poor cropcondition. The national NDVI development graphs suggest that crop condition wasgood in April, but from May to July dropped to slightly below the recent five-yearaverage as a result of low rainfall and high temperature. More precise spatialinformation is provided by the NDVI clusters, which show that most areas (Bukhara,Kashkadarya, Samarqand, Jizzakh, Namangan, Andijan, and Fergana) have poor crops,except for parts in the west (mostly cotton areas) and south.

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