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The 2012 rice cropping season hadexperienced favourable weatherRainfall was either near or above long term average in most of the rice growing districts except in Baucau (Figure 1). Most districts experienced drier than average weather during the month of August 2012 (Figure 3). The Normal Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) temporal-profiles remained near the long-term average in main rice growing areas of Timor-Leste (Figure 4). Good vegetation performance confirmed favourable rice growing conditions and higher rice yields and production in 2012 crop season especially in the most rice productive districts of BaucauViqueque, Manatuto, Covalima, Bobonaro and Ainaro (Figure The six mentioned districts produce approximately 83% of the total rice production in Timor-Leste.
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Date of issue: 17 September 2012
Favourable Growing Conditions Higher Rice Production for
Timor-Leste Agromet
August
monthly basis by ALGIS-Agrometeorology Department with support from
ALGIS-Agrometeorology Department: Raimundo Mau [email protected]
Information and Early Warning System Project: marrieann.merza
had favourable weather.
bove rice
except in Baucau Most districts
rier than average weather during the month of August
The Normal Difference Vegetation profiles
term average in main rice growing areas
performance rice growing
yields and crop season
rice productive districts of Baucau,
Manatuto, Covalima, Figure 4).
produce rice
Favourable Growing Conditions Higher roduction for 2012 Crop S
Figure 1: Cumulative rainfall (Januarydifference with long term average
Source: MARS Viewer of JRC
Leste Agrometeorological
August 2012
from EC/FAO
Vol. 01 - 2012
Favourable Growing Conditions Higher Season
(January-August 2012) difference with long term average in percentage.
Source: MARS Viewer of JRC-EC.
eorological Monitor
Timor-Leste Agrometeorological Monitor
Dekad 1
Figure 2 depicts the dekadal rainfallAugust dry conditions continued in most areas and this facilitated harvesting of matured second crop of maize in some parts of the countryexpressed in percentage for the month o(Figure 3).
Rainfall analysis
Figure 3: August 2012 rainfall difference frData derived from ECMWF model.
Figure 2: 10-daily rainfall in mm during
2
- August 2012 -
Dekad 2
adal rainfall performance in August 2012. During the three dekads of dry conditions continued in most areas and this facilitated harvesting of matured second
the country. The monthly rainfall difference withfor the month of August showed negative anomalies
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rainfall difference from long term average in percentageData derived from ECMWF model. Source: MARS Viewer of JRC-EC
Dekad
daily rainfall in mm during August 2012. Data derived from ECMWF modeSource: MARS Viewer of JRC-EC.
Vol. 1 - 2012
During the three dekads of dry conditions continued in most areas and this facilitated harvesting of matured second
with long term average anomalies in most districts
om long term average in percentage. EC
Dekad 3
Data derived from ECMWF model.
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Timor-Leste Agrometeorological Monitor - August 2012 - Vol. 1 - 2012
Remote Sensing Analysis – Rice
The temporal analysis (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) profile) from the main rice growing areas confirms that the vegetation activity was near the long term average during the main 2012 cropping season and good harvests for the main rice have been inevitable. �
Figure 4: 2012 NDVI profile for the main productive districts of Timor -Leste . The graphs compare the 2012 NDVI with the historical maximum, average and minim um NDVI. Source: MARS Viewer of JRC-EC
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