The NDVI profile of the recent summer crop in Egypt is comparable with the recent past (last five years) in about 80 percent of the country, in particular in the Nile Valley. Condition was below average in the south-eastern delta in July and particularly in August, but recovered in September. Altogether, the country enjoyed favorable crop conditions in contrast with declining production estimates.

Figure 3.2 Crop condition Egypt

(a) General setting, provided by a NDVI  background showing combined maize, rice, soybean, and wheat cultivation area, and areas where more than 50 percent of the land is irrigated; (b) Crop condition map compared with the average of the previous five years; (c) Crop condition development graph: a comparison of NDVI of the current year with the previous year and the average of the previous five years;(d) Spatial NDVI patterns of the latest or ongoing season; and (e) NDVI profiles associated with the spatial patterns.

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