GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Global Synthesis Crop Conditions

The Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM [https://earthobservations.org/geoglam.php]) Crop Monitor (https://cropmonitor.org/ [https://cropmonitor.org/]) is an international initiative that was developed under the framework of the 2011 G20 Action Plan on Food Price Volatility in Agriculture. The initiative is in response to the need for timely and science-driven information on global crop conditions in support of market transparency and early warning of potential production shortfalls. The main objective of the GEOGLAM Crop Monitor initiative is to exchange information, build consensus, and reduce uncertainty surrounding global crop condition assessments in support of markets and trade along with agricultural and humanitarian decision making.

The monthly global synthesis crop conditions are based on the combined contributions of the Crop Monitor for the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), covering the major agricultural production and export countries, and the Crop Monitor for Early Warning, covering countries at risk of food insecurity.

CROP CLASSIFICATION CLASSES

Exceptional: Conditions are much better than average* at the time of reporting. This label is used only during the grain-filling through harvest stages.

Favourable: Conditions range from slightly below to slightly above-average* at reporting time.

Watch: Conditions are not far from average but there is a potential risk to final yields. There is still time and possibility for the crop to recover to average conditions if the ground situation improves.

Poor: Crop conditions are below-average. Crop yields are likely to be 5% below average. This is only used when conditions are not likely to be able to recover, and impact on yields is likely.

Failure: Crop conditions are extremely dangerous. Crop yields are likely to be 25% or more below-average*.

Out-of-Season: Crops are not currently planted or in development during this time.

No data: No reliable source of data is available at this time.

• “Average” refers to the mean conditions over the most recent 5 years. In areas where conflict is a driver of crop conditions, current conditions are compared to the pre-conflict average rather than the average conditions over the past 5 years. In areas where conflict is protracted, based on expert analysis on a case-by-case basis, crop conditions will be compared to the average conditions over the past 5 years.

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