This section presents CropWatch analyses for each of 44 key countries (China is addressed in Chapter 4). The maps and graphs refer to crop growing areas only: (a) Phenology of major crops; (b) Crop condition development based on NDVI over crop areas at national scale, comparing the January 2023- April 2023 period to the previous season and the five-year average (5YA) and maximum; (c) Maximum Vegetation Condition Index over arable land (VCIx) for January 2023- April 2023 by pixel; (d) Spatial NDVI patterns up to January 2023- April 2023 according to local cropping patterns and compared to the 5YA; and (e) NDVI profiles associated with the spatial pattern under (d). Next, separate graphs (labeled as figures (f), (g), and subsequent letters) are included to illustrate crop condition development graphs based on NDVI average over crop areas for different agro-ecological zones (AEZ) within a country, again comparing the January 2023- April 2023 period to the previous season and the five-year average (5YA) and maximum.

Refer to Annex A, Table A.1-A.11 for additional information about indicator values by country. For country agricultural profiles please visit the CropWatch Explore module of the cloud.cropwatch.com.cn website for more details.

Figures 3.5 - 3.48; Crop condition for individual countries ([AFG] Afghanistan to [ZMB] Zambia) including agro-ecological zones (AEZ) from January 2023- April 2023.