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Authors: 超级管理员 | Edit: zhuliang
The reporting period includes the harvest of wheat (which started in July), the sowing of the 2021-22 winter wheat (which started in September) and also the harvest of maize and other summer crops in September. Overall, crop conditions were not good. Rainfall was 35% lower than average; TEMP was above the 15YA (+1°C) , whereas RADPAR was a bit lower than average (-1%) and BIOMSS was below average (-17%). The nationwide NDVI profile shows that crop conditions were a bit lower than average from July to August and above average in September. The temperature fluctuated around above-average levels and rainfall was below average in July. The southeast suffered from low crop condition. The CALF of Romania during the reporting period was 95%, 3% lower than average and the maximum VCI was 0.75, which was a bit low. According to the spatial distribution of VCIx, the eastern subregion has higher values (0.8-1.0) than the western and central subregion (0.5-0.8). The NDVI pattern profile shows that nearly all regions experienced a sharp decrease in September and October. NDVI was also far below average in the eastern and southern maize, wheat and sugar beet plains, shown in light green and red. Hence, production prospects for this important region of Romania are unfavorable. The CPI of Romania was 0.98.
Regional analysis
More spatial detail is provided below for three main agro-ecological zones: the Central mixed farming and pasture Carpathian hills (104), the Eastern and southern maize, wheat and sugar beet plains (105), and the Western and central maize, wheat and sugar beet plateau (106).
For the Central mixed farming and pasture Carpathian hills, rainfall decreased by as much as 29% below average while temperature increased by 1.1℃ and radiation decreased by 1%, and BIOMSS decreased by 13%. The maximum VCI map shows values above 0.8, with the regional average at 0.84. The NDVI spatial distribution shows that NDVI was below average from July to August. As this AEZ occupies only a small fraction of cropland in Romania, a small patch of irrigated land in Transylvania, its fair NDVI cannot represent much of Romania's crop production. The cropping intensity is 104, 2% higher than last year.
For the Eastern and Southern maize, wheat and sugar beet plains, rainfall decreased by 48%, temperature increased by 1.4℃, radiation decreased by 1% and biomass decreased by 22%. The NDVI development graph shows that crop conditions were largely lower than average. The decrease of precipitation in this period caused drought conditions. VCIx value of this region was only 0.70 and according to the distribution map, VCIx values were between 0.5 and 0.8 in most of the central and middle region (counties of Tulcea and Constanta), representing about 14.3% of national cropland. The cropping intensity was 106, 6% lower than last year.
For the Western and central maize, wheat and sugar beet plateau, rainfall was lower than average by 23%, temperature was average (+0.5℃) and radiation was a bit lower (RADPAR -1%), and biomass decreased by 12%, due to a decrease in rainfall. Spatial NDVI profiles show that crop condition was worse than average during July to August, covering the growing periods of maize and spring wheat. Maximum VCI of this region was 0.84, the highest among three sub regions. The VCI spatial distribution was between 0.5 and 1.0. Also, the NDVI development decreased from July to August, consistent with the VCI values. The cropping intensity is 104% and remained unchanged from last year.
Overall, the widespread lack of rainfall has made a negative impact on crop conditions and the production prospect is unfavorable.
Figure 3.38. Romania’s crop condition, July-October 2022
(a) Phenology of major crops
(b) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI
(c) Maximum VCI
(d) Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA
(f) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI (Central mixed farming and pasture Carpathian hills (left) and Eastern and southern maize, wheat and sugar beet plains (right))
(g) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI (Western and central maize, wheat and sugar beet plateau)
(h) Time series rainfall profile
(i) Time series temperature profile
(j) Proportion of NDVI anomaly categories compared with 5YA
(k) Proportion of VHIn categories compared with 5YA
Table 3.65 Romania's agroclimatic indicators by sub-national regions, current season's values and departure from 15YA, July-October 2022
Region | RAIN | TEMP | RADPAR | BIOMSS | ||||
Current (mm) | Departure from 15YA (%) | Current (°C) | Departure from 15YA (°C) | Current (MJ/m2) | Departure from 15YA (%) | Current (gDM/m2) | Departure from 15YA (%) | |
Central mixed farming and pasture Carpathian hills | 184 | -29 | 16.0 | 1.1 | 1041 | -1 | 597 | -13 |
Eastern and southern maize wheat and sugarbeet plains | 108 | -48 | 19.7 | 1.4 | 1058 | -1 | 514 | -22 |
Western and central maize wheat and sugarbeet plateau | 175 | -23 | 17.2 | 0.5 | 1044 | -1 | 587 | -12 |
Table 3.66 Romania's agronomic indicators by sub-national regions, current season's values and departure from 5YA, July - October 2022
Region | CALF | Maximum VCI | Cropping intensity | ||
Current (%) | Departure from 5YA (%) | Current | Current | Departure from 5YA (%) | |
Central mixed farming and pasture Carpathian hills | 100 | 0 | 0.84 | 104 | 2 |
Eastern and southern maize wheat and sugarbeet plains | 93 | -5 | 0.70 | 106 | -6 |
Western and central maize wheat and sugarbeet plateau | 100 | 0 | 0.84 | 104 | 0 |