Indonesian crops generally showed satisfactory condition between October and January (VCIx=0.87).The monitoring period covers the harvesting stage of the dry season maize and rice; wet season crops are currently in the field. Compared with the average for the same period, precipitation was below average (-10%) and,correspondingly, the country enjoyed favorable radiation with values about 3% above average, as well as a 1.1°C increase of temperature. As the onset of the rainyseason was late, dry and warm condition had negative effects on the seedingstage of rice, resulting in a decrease of 8% in biomass compared with the recent five-year average. According to the spatial patterns of NDVI profiles,in central and eastern Java, rice was below average condition until late December. In January, a well-established monsoon maintained abundant moisturesu pplies for rice, which benefited the growing rice and, based on NDVI, crop condition reached an average level.

Figure3.15. Indonesia crop condition, October2014-January 2015

(a)Crop condition development graph based on NDVI            (b)Maximum VCI

(c)Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA               (d)NDVI profiles