During the monitoring period, harvest of semi-late rice was ongoing while late rice was still growing in the region. In general, crop condition was below the recent 5-year average between August and September but slightly above in early October according to the crop condition development graph. The CropWatch agroclimatic Indicators show that rainfall was above average (+17%) whereas temperature and RADPAR were below (-1.3°C and -8%, respectively). Over the reporting period, the cropped arable land fraction (CALF) was stable while the cropping intensity dropped slightly (-2%). The biomass production potential (BIOMSS) was above the 5-year average (+11%), with the best condition (>+20%) occurring  in southern regions, such as Fujian, southern Jiangxi and Hunan, and northern Guangxi and Guangdong. The NDVI profiles and spatial NDVI patterns indicate that about 63% of croplands were continuously at the average level, mainly in the northwestern and central parts of the region. The CropWatch esti

(a)Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

(b)Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                         (c) NDVI profile

(d) Maximum VCI                                                                (e) Biomass