The monitoring period is the growing and harvesting season of winter rice, wheat, and maize for this MPZ. The crop condition of the zone was average and locally below average, especially in central Myanmar and northeast Thailand. In the MPZ as a whole, the rainfall indicator (RAIN) was21% higher than average, but lower than average rainfall was observed in Cambodia (-18%), Thailand (-11%), and Vietnam (-7%). TEMP was average and RADPAR was 2% below average in the region. The biomass accumulation and croppedarable land fraction both increased compared to the last five-year average (34%and 3%, respectively), but the average hides large local disparities. Maximum VCI mostly ranges from 0.5 to 1; VCIx values below 0.5 were observed in central Myanmar and some parts of Thailand, indicating less favorable crop condition.Due to reduced rainfall in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar, minimum VHI values were low and indicate less favorable crop condition. Figure 2.4summarizes CropWatch findings for this MPZ.

Figure 2.4. South and SoutheastAsia MPZ: Agroclimatic and agronomic indicators, January-April 2015