The January to April monitoring period covers the growing stage ofthe second (dry season) rice in Cambodia. Compared to average, the CropWatchagroclimatic indicators show markedly over average rainfall (RAIN, +30%), but adecrease in temperature (TEMP, -1.0°C) and normal sunshine. Average and evenbetter than maximum NDVI profiles all point at very favorable conditions at theend of the reporting period. Moreover, vegetation condition indices (VCIx) areabove 0.8 in large expanses of the country, which points at unusually goodconditions. Considering, in addition, that the fraction of cropped arable land(CALF) was 22 percentage points above the five-year average, crop prospects inCambodia are very favorable.

Figure3.19. Cambodia crop condition, January-April2017

(a) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

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