3.2 Country analysis

This section presents CropWatch analyses for each of 41 key countries (China is addressed in Chapter 4). The maps refer to crop growing areas only and include several graphs: (a) Phenology of major crops; (b) Crop condition development based on NDVI over crop areas at national scale, comparing the October 2018 - January 2019 period to the previous season and the five-year average (5YA) and maximum; (c) Maximum VCI (over arable land) for October 2017 - January 2018 by pixel; (d) Spatial NDVI patterns up to October 2018 - January 2019 according to local cropping patterns and compared to the 5YA; and (e) NDVI profiles associated with the spatial pattern under (d). Next, separate graphs (labeled as figures (f), (g), and subsequent letters) are included to illustrate crop condition development graphs based on NDVI average over crop areas for different regions within the country, again comparing the October 2017 - January 2018 period to the previous season and the five-year average (5YA) and maximum. 

Refer to  Annexes A and B for additional information about indicator values and production estimates by country. Country agricultural profiles are posted on www.cropwatch.com.cn/htm/en/bullAction!showBulletin.action

Figures 3.6 - 3.46.; Crop condition for individual countries ([AFG] Afghanistan - [ZMB] Zambia) including sub-national regions during October 2018 - January 2019.