The reporting period covers the growth and harvest of wheat and maize. On the whole, crop conditions were below the 5-year average throughout the whole monitoring period. Among the CropWatch agro-climatic indicators, RAIN decreased largely (-25%), TEMP was below average (-0.5 ℃), while RADPAR was slightly above average (+5%). The combination of these factors resulted in the below-average BIOMSS (-6%) as compared to the 15YA. The time series precipitation profile shows that precipitation was higher than average in early August, early and middle October. The temperature profile indicates that temperatures were only a bit higher than the 15-year average in late July, early and late September. Below-average rainfall from July to September limited the growth of maize. The spatial NDVI clustering profile shows that only 43.7% of the cultivated area (marked in orange and red) had average or above-average crop conditions, the remaining cultivated area all had below-average crop conditions. 17.2% of the cultivated area (marked in blue) had average to slightly above-average crop conditions at the beginning of the monitoring period and then dropped to below-average crop conditions, mainly located in northwestern part of Issyk-Kul and northern part of Osh. The remaining cultivated regions had below-average crop conditions throughout the monitoring period, widely dispersed over the country. The spatial pattern of maximum Vegetation Condition Index (VCIx) was in accord with the spatial distribution of the NDVI profiles. CALF increased by 2% and the nationwide VCIx average was 0.86. Cropping intensity was 100%. Crop conditions in Kyrgyzstan can be assessed as close to average, and the crop prospect is fair.

Figure 3.38. Kyrgyzstan’s crop condition, July‐October 2022

a) Crop phenology

(b) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

(c) Maximum VCI

(d) Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                 (e) NDVI profiles

(f) Time series rainfall profile

(g) Time series temperature profile

Table 1. Kyrgyzstan agroclimatic indicators by sub-national regions, current season's values and departure from 15YA, July - October 2022

Table 2. Kyrgyzstan agronomic indicators by sub-national regions, current season's values and departure from 5YA, July - October 2022