The crop condition from April to July 2016 was generally below average in Turkey. The winter wheat harvest was completed, and summer crops planted since April are still growing. Accumulated rainfall (RAIN, +1%) and radiation were close to average, while the accumulated temperature (TEMP, +0.7°C) was slightly above. The agroclimatic conditions resulted in a decrease of BIOMSS by 8%. The maximum VCI (VCIx=0.8) was above average, and CALF decreased by 4 percentage points compared to the recent five-year average.

The map of maximum VCI presents a pattern consistent with the NDVI cluster map. Crop condition above the recent five-year average prevailed in the Marmara, Black Sea, and Eastern Anatolia regions. Crop condition in most of Aegean and Mediterranean regions was unfavorable over the monitoring period. Poor crop conditions have been continually distributed in most of the central and southeastern Anatolia region since the last monitoring period.

Overall, the outcome for the summer crop season is unfavorable.

Figure 3.29. Turkey crop condition, April - July 2016

(a)  Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

(b)  Maximum VCI

(c)  Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA

(d)  NDVI profiles