The reporting period covers the harvest of winter wheat and barley, as well as the sowing and early growth of summer crops (cotton, rice, and maize). Agroclimatic indicators show an increase of rainfall over average (RAIN, +15%) and a decline of radiation (RADPAR, -1%). Temperature was below average (TEMP, -0.7°C), whereas the biomass production potential is close to average (BIOMASS, +2%). CALF diminished (-8 percentage point) below its five-year average. The national NDVI development graph illustrates that crop condition was below average from the start of April till the end of June, after which values turned average. The lowest maximum VCI values (<0.5) arise in Punjab and the Baluchistan provinces, upper Sindh, and southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the NDVI profiles, 21.5% of the cropped areas exhibit below average conditions, much of it in central-east Punjab. On the other hand, 36.8% of the areas show above average NDVI, while 41.7% is close to average. Altogether, crop condition is estimated to be average.

Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

Maximum VCI

Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA

NDVI profiles