In general, crop condition was close to average in Mexico during the current monitoring period.Overall, and with the exception of Veracruz, the weather was average: rainfall decreased by 1%, temperature increased 0.8°C and PAR increased by 1%. CropWatch indicators also show that biomass accumulation (BIOMSS) increased by 8% and that the fraction of cropped arable land (CALF) and cropping intensity both increased by 5% compared to the five-year average. Thanks to the increase of CALF and cropping intensity, above average production can be expected in Mexico.

Figure3.20. Mexico crop condition, July-October2014

Crop condition development graph based on NDVI     MaximumVCI 

Spatial  NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                   NDVI    profiles