The crop condition from January to April 2015 was below average in Thailand. The harvest of the 2014 main rice crop was completed in January, while the second season rice has reached maturity and was ready to be harvested in April. Accumulated rainfall was below the average in the monitoring period, while the temperature and radiation were above.The agroclimatic indices indicate poor growing conditions, which are confirmed by the slight decrease of the BIOMSS indicator by 1%. The VCIx map shows that crop condition was poor in most of the central and north-eastern regions. NDVI profiles confirm that crop condition was mostly below average from March toApril, which is the growing period of second rice crop. The Chachoengs ao province is the only area where crop condition was above average over the monitoring period.

Figure3.28. Thailand crop condition, January-April2015

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

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