This reporting period encompasses the sowing and growth phases of maize, as well as the growth and harvest stages of wheat. Maize harvest will start in September. Among the CropWatch agro-climatic indicators, RADPAR (-4%) and TEMP (-0.9°C) were below average, while RAIN (+18%) was above average. The combination of the factors resulted in a slight below-average BIOMSS (-1%) compared to the 15YA. As can be seen from the time series of rainfall profile, the precipitation was above the 15-year average only in middle and late April, middle and late June, and middle July, whereas the temperature was higher than the 15YA in middle June and late July only. The nationwide crop conditions were average to above average throughout the monitoring period. The spatial NDVI clustering profile shows that 24.3% of the cropped areas (marked in light green) enjoyed near average crop conditions during the whole monitoring period. Crop conditions in 26% of the cultivated area (marked in red) gradually improved from the average level at the beginning of the monitoring period to slightly above average, while crop conditions in 22.7% of the cultivated area (marked in blue) remained close to the average level throughout the entire monitoring period. Similar to the changing pattern as blue marked areas, 24.3% of the cropped area (marked in light green) had near average crop conditions except for middle May (slightly below average), mainly distributed in central Naryn, and some parts in Issyk-Kul. The remaining cropped areas (marked in orange and dark green) all had slightly below average crop conditions at the beginning and then gradually recovered to around average at the end of the monitoring period, mainly distributed in southern and eastern part of Jalal-Abad, and north central part of Issyk-Kul. The spatial pattern of maximum Vegetation Condition Index (VCIx) was in accord with the spatial distribution of the NDVI profiles. Crop Area Land Fraction (CALF) increased by 2%, and the nationwide VCIx average was 0.95. National Crop Production Index (CPI) was 1.16, indicating rather favorable crop conditions in Kyrgyzstan.

Figure 3.25 Kyrgyzstan's crop condition, April - July 2024

(a) Phenology of major crops

(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

(h) Kyrgyzstan time series of Crop Production Index (CPI), April - July 2024

Table 3.41 Kyrgyzstan agro-climatic indicators, current season's values and departure from 15YA, April - July 2024

Table 3.42 Kyrgyzstan agronomic indicators, current season's values and departure from 5YA, April - July 2024