The monitoring period covers the harvesting of late-monsoon Aman and planting of the dry season irrigated Boro rice. Overall, the CropWatch indicators show favorable conditions for the country. Although the previous season monsoon flood damaged the standing Aman rice (as reported in the November 2016 CropWatch bulletin), it also had positive impact on the planting of Boro. 

Nationwide, both the fraction of cropped arable land (CALF) and accumulated biomass (BIOMSS) increased, by 1.3 percentage points and 16%, respectively. Temperature (TEMP) and photosynthetically active radiation (RADPAR) were average in the monitoring period. The crop condition development was below average in November and December; however, it turned average from January on forward. The national NDVI profiles and patterns were average, except for Rangpur, Sylhet, and Chittagong, where they (in the case of Chittagong) increased to average after December. The maximum VCI values over the country were above 0.5, pointing to favorable crop condition. Overall, the current increase of cultivated land and biomass as well as good rainfall (RAIN, +5%) contributed to the favorable crop condition for the country.