No crops were in the field during most of this monitoring period due to low temperature, but the sowing of summer wheat has started from late April. Among the CropWatch agroclimatic indicators, RAIN and TEMP were above average (+31% and +1.5°C),  while RADPAR was down 3%. The combination of factors resulted in high BIOMSS (+27%) compared to average. Overall, the agroclimatic variables indicate favorable soil moisture conditions for crops and rangelands of the forthcoming  season.  

Figure 3.XX. Mongolia crop condition, January-April 2018

(a).Phenology of major crops

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

    (d) Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA (left)     NDVI profiles (right)