Bulletin

wall bulletin
ThailandMain producing and exporting countries

Authors: 超级管理员 | Edit: xingqiang

The harvesting period of maize has been completed,while main rice harvest started in October. For the period under consideration, crops show above average condition compared to the previous year as well as the recent five-year average. The NDVI profile sharply increased to above average values in the area around the Chao Phraya river basin and in the Tung Kula Rong Hai region (a large plateau in Northeastern area) from July to August because of the adequate rainfall for rice crops. The NDVI profile sharply decreased to almost average values in most regions of cropped arable land from September to October due to the dry weather during harvesting. The CropWatch agro-climatic and agronomic indicators show an increased PAR accumulation (RADPAR, +5%), rainfall (RAIN, +7), biomass (BIOMSS, +1%), and temperature (TEMP, +0.9°C) compared to average. Compared with the othe rcountries monitored by CropWatch, Thailand enjoyed very favorable conditions (VCIx=0.93). The VCIx values indicate that good crops occur throughout the country,particularly in the northeastern region. Based on CropWatch indicators, the situation of crops in Thailand is ranked as very favorable.

Figure3.28. Thailand crop condition, July-October2014