The reporting period coincides with the harvesting of all crops, as indicated by the decreasing national NDVI profiles, which reach their minimum around February. In general, NDVI was close to values observed during the previous season for the country as a whole as well as lower than the recent 5-year average. Rain and cropped arable land fraction were slightly below average (-4% and -3%, respectively) although vegetation condition indices were fair. Rainfall was slightly above average in the Sudano-Sahelian zone (+9%) and slightly below average elsewhere (-3 to -4%). Due to lower than average temperature, the expected biomass production potential is below average (-7% in the northern half of the country to -20% in the southern half). Below average crop condition affect 7.9% of the areas and concentrate in the southern half of the country, especially in the south-west (Moyo and east Ogun). Pockets of unfavourable conditions also occur in a scattered way in other areas. Altogether, crop condition was clos

Figure 3.22. Nigeria cropcondition, October 2015-January 2016