3.2 Country analysis

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 January1-April 30, 2014 by pixel; (b) Spatial NDVI patterns for January 1-April 30,2014 (compared to the 5YA); (c) NDVI profiles associated with the spatialpattern under (b); and (d) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI,comparing the current January 1-April 30 2013 period to the latest season(since October 2013), to the five-year average (5YA), and the five-year maximum.See also Annex A, tables A.2-A.10 and CropWatch online resources to findadditional information, including country agricultural profiles.