During this monitoring period, no winter crops were grown in Inner Mongolia due to seasonal low temperatures. The weather conditions in this period were favorable, rainfall (+39%) was significantly above average, above-average snow and rainfall will help provide adequate soil moisture for the land preparation and establishment of the spring crops. CropWatch Agroclimatic Indicators showed TEMP (0.3°C) was slightly above average, while RADPAR (-2%) was below average. Biomass accumulation potential (BIOMSS) was simulated at 16% above the average level. Conditions in the next reporting period will be more critical for the 2022 production.

Figure 4.7 Crop condition Inner Mongolia, October–January 2022

(a) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI                                                                                        (b) Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                        (c) NDVI profiles

(d)Time series rainfall profile

(e)Time series temperature profile

(f) Maximum VCI

(g) Biomass departure