CropWatch indicators show average crop condition for Bangladesh during the reporting period, which is the country’s growing and harvesting season of irrigated boro rice. Crop condition was generally above average, even if it went through periods with depressed condition from late March to late April. The national average VCIx was 0.87, while the fraction of arable land (CALF) increased by 1 percentage point compared to the five-year average. Among the CropWatch agroclimatic indicators, RAIN was above average (+76%), while TEMP and RADPAR were below by -1.1°C and -5% respectively. The combination of factors resulted in high BIOMSS (+48%) compared to the five-year average. As shown by the crop condition development graph, average NDVI was below average from late January to April. Spatial NDVI patterns and profiles show that crop condition in 27.7% of the agriculture areas was below average, while for the other 72.3% it was above. Favorable weather conditions benefited boro paddy development this season. Although excess precipitation caused flooding in the northeast of the country in late March and early April (clearly visible in the NDVI profiles map), overall output of boro is expected to be favorable.

(a)Crop condition development graph based on NDVI                                          (b)Maximum VCI          

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