The crop condition was below average fromNovember 2015 but recovered by January 2016. The planting of winter wheat hasbeen completed while it was still underway for barley (to be completed at theend of January). Accumulated rainfall (+50%) was above average, but temperature(-0.3°C) and RADPAR (-5%) were below average.

The agroclimatic conditions (Figure 3.17) forthe current season resulted in an increase of the BIOMSS index by 47%. Thenational average of VCIx (0.73) was above average conditions, and the CALF wasclose to the five-year average. Crop conditions were close to, or above, thefive-year average in the Razavi Khorasan and North Khorasan provinces of thenortheast region, and the Khuzestan and Fars province in the southwest region.The northwest region experienced crop conditions below the five-year average.In the central-northern region, particularly Mazandaran and Golestan provinces,the condition of crops was below the five-year average from October to the midof November. Overall, the crop condition is mixed in the current season,however, the growth of winter crops will benefit from favorable soil moisture  conditions in the coming months.

Figure3.17. Iran crop condition, October2015-January 2016