Bulletin

wall bulletin
Southern ChinaChina

Authors: 超级管理员 | Edit: xingqiang

Average crop conditions prevailed in southern China during most of the reporting period, which covered the end of the early rice harvest and the planting and harvest period of late rice. Overall, the region’s maximum VCI was between 0.5and 0.8 with no change in the cropped arable land fraction; cropping intensity decreased by 13%, compared to the five-year average. In southern Fujian and central and southern Guangdong, NDVI was slightly above average during the growing and harvesting of rice, indicating favorable crop condition brought about by increased precipitation (RAIN +21% for Fujian and +12% for Guangdong). The double-crop late rice was below average in south Guangxi in August, especially in southwestern Guangxi, but recovered after September. In southern Yunnan, the spring maize and early rice were below average at the time of harvest; however,late rice improved to slightly above average, rising the prospects for a fair rice crop.

Figure4.13. Crop condition Southern China region, July-October 2014