The crop condition from January to April 2016 was generally close to average in Turkey. Winter crops are grown during this period, and planting of summer crops started in April. Accumulated rainfall (+13%), temperature (+2°C) and radiation (+2%) were above average. The favorable agroclimatic conditions resulted in a positive departure of BIOMSS of 6% over the average of the last five years. The VCIx (0.66) was just above average condition, and the CALF decreased by 15% compared to the recent five-year average.

Compared to the recent five-year average, most areas in the Marmara, Black Sea and Mediterranean regions enjoyed favorable crop conditions during the monitoring period. Average conditions prevailed from February to April in the Aegean region, and eastern and south-eastern Anatolia region. Poor Crops were mainly distributed in most of central Anatolia region, and the Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa provinces in south-eastern Anatolia. The map of maximum VCI presents a pattern consistent with the NDVI cluster map.

Overall, the total outcome for the winter crop season is estimated to be average.

a)Crop condition development graph based on NDVI                        (c) MaximumVCI

(c)Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                                  (d)NDVI profiles