In Mexico over the reporting period, maize, sorghum (autumn-winter), and wheat have been harvested, while the sowing of maize, sorghum (spring-summer), and rice is underway. In general, crop condition was at the same level as the average of the recent five years.

According to the CropWatch agroclimatic indicators, rainfall increased by 4%, where as temperature dropped by 0.5°C, both compared to average. RADPAR was average. Agronomicindicators for the country show that BIOMSS (+5%) and the cropped arable land fraction (CALF, +1 percentage point) were above average. The average maximum VCI in Mexico was 0.79, with higher values (0.8-1.0) occurring in the south andsoutheast parts of the country and lower values (<0.5) in northwest and central parts. The spatial pattern and NDVI departure profiles show that cropcondition for about 46% of planted areas was above average (mainly in southernand northeastern Mexico), while 40% of cropped areas, located in the north west and eastern parts of the country, were below average.

Altogether,crop production in Mexico is likely to be average.

Figure3.20. Mexico crop condition, April-July2016

a)Crop condition development graph based on NDVI                       (b)Maximum VCI

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