Only a small area of winter wheat is grown in Kyrgyzstan. Spring crops were planted in April in the southern part. Among the CropWatch agro-climatic indicators, RADPAR was slightly below average (-1%), while TEMP (+0.4℃) and RAIN (+12%) were above average. The combination of these factors resulted in an above-average BIOMSS (+5%) compared to the recent fifteen-year average. As shown by the NDVI development graph, the winter vegetation conditions were generally above average except for March and early April. The spatial NDVI clustering profile shows that most of the cultivated regions had average or above-average crop conditions. It's worth noting that 18.5% of the cultivated regions (marked in light green, mainly distributed in western Osh, central Naryn, and Southern Jalal-Abad) had close-to-average crop conditions before March. Then, the crop conditions dropped to below-average in middle March, most likely due to rainfall that exceeded the recent 15-year maximum, and gradually recovered to average at the end of the monitoring period. This situation is confirmed by the VCIx map which shows relative high values (>0.8) distributed across the whole country. The national average VCIx was 0.95, indicating favorable crop conditions. The cropped arable land fraction increased by 14%, indicating that more land was cultivated. Crop conditions are  favorable due to above-average precipitation. 

Figure 3.25 Kyrgyzstan's crop condition, January - April 2022

(a). Phenology of major crops

(b) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

(c) Maximum VCI

(d) Rainfall index

(e) Temprature index

(f) Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                          (g) NDVI profiles

Table x. Kyrgyzstan agro-climatic indicators, current season's values and departure from 15YA, Janurary to April 2022

Table x. Kyrgyzstan agronomic indicators, current season's values and departure from 5YA, Janurary to April 2022