From October 2015 to January 2016 condition of crops was generally below average in Turkey. Planting of winter grains was completed; accumulated rainfall (-1%) and RADPAR were slightly below or close to average, while the temperature (+0.5℃) was above average. The agro-climatic indices for the current season indicate unfavorable conditions for crop growth, which are confirmed by the decrease of the BIOMSS index by 12%. The map of maximum VCI (0.73 on average) presents a consistent pattern with the NDVI cluster map in the Central Anatolia Region. CALF decreased by 3% compared to the recent five year average.

Crop condition in most areas across Turkey was below average from November during the whole monitoring period. Compared to recent five year average, most areas in Marmara Region, Aegean Region, Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Region experienced favorable crop condition from October to the mid of November, while unfavorable crop conditions prevailed in the Black Sea Region and Central Anatolia

Figure 3.29. Turkey cropcondition, October 2015-January 2016