This section presents CropWatch analyses for each of 47 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 October 2023 - January 2024 period to the previous season and the five-year average (5YA) and maximum; (c) Maximum Vegetation Condition Index over arable land (VCIx) for October 2023 - January 2024 by pixel; (d) Spatial NDVI patterns up to October 2023 - January 2024 according to local cropping patterns and compared to the 5YA; (e) NDVI departure profiles associated with the spatial pattern under (d); (f) Rainfall profiles; (g) Temperature profiles; Next, separate graphs (labeled as figures (h), (i), 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 October 2023 - January 2024 period to the previous season and the five-year average (5YA) and maximum. Some countries might also include auxiliary thematic maps such as rainfall or temperature profiles. The last one is the CPI time series graph, showing the seasonal CPl in current year and the past five years, and comparing to the five-year average CPI.

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 - 3.51; Crop condition for individual countries ([AFG] Afghanistan to [ZMB] Zambia) including agro-ecological zones (AEZ) from October 2023 - January 2024.