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Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 1
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 1
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 2
In the south western region most winter wheat fields are in the end stages, as in Lashkargah Center, Greshk, Nawa, Nadali Districts of Helmand Province, the Qalat Center of Zabul Province, Zaranj, the center of Nimroz Province, as well as Kandahar and Farah Provinces.
Maize and rice are not being cultivated due to the lack of water for irrigation.
Crop Phenological Stages
In the northern region adverse factors are mainly less rain, resulting in 80% damage to the rain fed wheat and other plants, as in the Aibak Center of the Samangan Province and Jawzgan, Sar-i-pul and Farayab Provinces. Sunpest, and fly melon have damaged some agricultural lands in the center of Jawzjan Province. Melon flies have also been observed in Samngan Province.
East Central Region :
Winter wheat (depending on the respective planting dates) the crop stage is in flowering stage and in the some other areas the winter wheat is in the grain filling stage for ex-ample, in the areas surrounding Bamyan.
Eastern Region:
In this region, the winter wheat stage is at its end and the crop is being harvested. However, the maize and rice crop is in the flowering stage (Soil preparation) in Ghazi Abad Nangarhar and Laghman Provinces, Asad Abad center, and the Asmar District of the Kunar Province.
In some other areas of the center of Asad Abad, the Asmar District of the Kunar Province and Laghman Province the planting is in progress for the maize and rice.
North Eastern Region:
Most of the Winter wheat fields are in the harvesting stage and some areas are in the end, for example, Baghlan, Bangi District, the Taluqan center of Takhar Province, Amam Sa-hib, Aqtipa and Qalaizal, Chardara Districts and the center of Kundoz Province. On the some other areas of this Regions the planting is in progress for the maize and rice.
In the North Region:
In most of the parts of this region the winter wheat fields are the harvesting stage and in the some areas the crop stages of wheat are at the end,as in Jawzjan, Aibak center, the Sozma Qala Areas of Samangan Province, the Maimana cen-ter of Faryab Province , Sar-i-pul Province, the Takhtapul areas and surrounding Mazar-i- Shrif center of the Balkh Province. But the maize and rice have not been not cultivated due to the lack of water for irrigation.
Western Region:
In this region most winter wheat fields are in grain filling stage, as in the Chaghcharan center of Ghor Province, but in some other areas of the Qalai-Naw center, the Maqur District of the Badghis Province, the winter wheat fields in the harvesting stages and in some areas at the end. In the Urdokhan Hirat Province the winter wheat fields are also in the end stages. However, the maize and rice have not been cultivated due to the lack of water for irrigation.
Central Region :
In this region the winter wheat is at different growth stages. In Chak and the Jaghatoo Districts of Wardak Province, and some areas of Paghman District of Kabul Province, the crop is in the grain filling stages. In the Mah-moodraqee Center of Kapisa Province, the Ghorband Dis-trict, Center and Parwan Province, the winter wheat fields in the harvesting stages. In the other areas of the Sarobi District of Kabul Province, the wheat crops are at the end stage, and soil preparation is underway for the maize in Kapisa Province.
Summary
Map 1
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 3
The South Western Region:
In this region most winter wheat fields are in the end stages, as in Lashkargah Center, Greshk, Nawa, Nadali Districts of Helmand Province, the Qalat Center of Zabul Province, Zaranj, the center of Nimroz Province, as well as Kandahar and Farah Provinces.
Maize and rice are not being cultivated due to the lack of water for irrigation.
For the South Region:
The winter wheat is at different growth stages. In most parts, the wheat is in the grain filling stage, as in the Sha-rana Center of Paktika Province, Rohanee Baba and Tera of Paktia Province, Maqur and Sardi Districts of Ghazni Prov-ince but on the some other areas as Sardy and Maqur dis-tricts of Ghazni Province, Sharana Center of Paktika Prov-ince and Tera of Paktia Province the wheat crops are at the harvesting stages, But in the Khost Province the wheat crops are at the end over stages and the maize and Mange bean are at the planting and emerging stages
Crop Phenological Stage
Crop Condition
For the east Central Region :
In this region, the condition of the crops is normal, as in the areas surrounding Bamyan Province.
For the Eastern Region :
Winter wheat fields are recording normal conditions, as in Laghman Province, Asadabad Center and Asmar District of Kunar Province and the Ggaziabad areas of Nangarhar Prov-ince.
For the North Eastern Region:
In this region, crops have exhibited normal conditions, as in Badakhshan Province, Chardara, Imamsahib, Akhtipa and Qalaizal Districts of Kundoz and the center of Kundoz Prov-ince, The Bangee District of Takhar Province and Baghlan Province have better than normal crop conditions.
For the Northern Region:
Crops have exhibited normal conditions, as in Ma-zar-i-Sharif the center of Balkh and the Takhtapul District of Balkh Province, but due to the lack of rain and water, Jawzjan, Aibak center and Sozma Qala District of Samangan, and Sar-i-pul Province have poor crop conditions and Faryab Province has failure crop conditions.
In the Western Region :
Due to the lack of rain and water the Chaghcha-ran Center of Ghor Province, Maqur District of Badghis Province, Qalia-i-new Center of Badghis Province and Herat Province have poor and failure crop conditions and almost no harvest is expected.
South Western Region:
In this region crops have shown normal conditions and in some areas poor conditions as observed in Zabul Province,
Map 2
Greshk, Nawa, Nad Ali, Lashkargah Districts of Hilmand Prov-ince, Kandahar Province and the Zaranj center of Nimroz Prov-ince and Farah Province.
For the Central Region:
Winter wheat fields experienced better than normal conditions as for the Sarobi District of Kabul Province and Ghorband Dis-trict, as well as the Charyakar center of Parwan Province. The crop conditions are normal for Kapisa Province and the Paghman District of Kabul Province. Due to the lack of water, available frost and an infestation of mice, the Jaghatoo and Chak Districts of Wardak Province have poor and failure crop conditions being reported.
For the South Region Crop conditions are better than normal, as in Khost Province and Tera of Paktia Province, but poor crop conditions are re-ported from the Sharana Center of Paktika Province, Maqur and Sardey Districts of Ghazni Province.
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 4
Adverse Factore
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In the Western Region:
The adverse factors are the lack of rain or less rain and a dry season which has affected the whole Western Re-gion. Other Adverse factors include poor rains and sun-pest, locust and mice, as in the Chaghcharan Center of Ghor Province, Maqur District of Qalianow, Center of Badghis Province and Herat Province.
In most parts of Heart and Badghis Provinces poor rain has affected 80% of wheat fields especially rain fed wheat in the whole regions.
In the South Western Region:
The adverse factors are the lack of rain or less rain and a dry season which has affected the whole South Western Region. In Lashkargah, Greshk, Nawa, Nad Ali Districts of Helmand Province, Zabul, Kandahar Zaranj and Farah Province there has been a lack of rain during the month of June 2006, also. Shortage of inputs such as tractors, chemical sprayers, and improved seeds and fer-tilizers are the other problems in this region.
In the South Region:
In this region weeds and floods account for the problems observed in Khost Province and lack of rain or less rain has been reported in Ghazni, Paktya and Paktika Prov-inces.
In the Eastern Region:
This region has experienced less rain and the burning of forests and a shortage of inputs in Laghman Province.
In the North east Region:
In this region weeds have affected the Winter wheat and other agricultural fields in Baghlan Province, Bangee District of Takhar Province and in the Imam Sahib, Chardara, Akhtipa and Qalai Zal Districts of Kunduz Province also, from the Bangee District of Takhar Province and Takhar Province there have been reports of wheat rust and plant aphids.
Floods have been observed in the Baghlan Province.
In the Northern Region:
Adverse factors are mainly less rain, resulting in 80% damage to the rain fed wheat and other plants, as in the Aibak Center of the Samangan Province and Jawzgan, Sar-i-pul and Farayab Provinces. Sunpest, and fly melon have damaged some agricultural lands in the center of Jawzjan Province. Melon flies have also been observed in Samngan Province.
Central Region:
In this region the adverse factors are mice, weeds, high winds and less rain and frost conditions last month as in the Chak and Jaghatoo Districts of Wardak Province. A large number of fruit trees, especially apricots, apples and other agricultral plants are damaged due to these problems.
In the Jaghatoo District of Wardak Province, disease affected dogs are a big problem for the Farmers who need the help of MAAHF and other relevant organiza-tions.
In the Mahmood Raqee Center of Kapisa Province, Charyakar Center of Parwan Province and in Paghman and Sarobe Districts of Kabul Province some crops are damaged due to weeds.
Wheat rust has been observed in the Mahmoodraqee center of Kapisa Province, In the Sarobi District of Ka-bul Province, wheat rust is a big problem.
Map 3
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 5
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Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 6
Rainfall Satiuation
The month of June 2006 was very dry as same as May 2006.Comparison of rainfall the month of June 2006 to the same month in 2005(chart1) shows sig-nificant decrease of rainfall during the month of June 2006 over the same month in 2005. Except Khost which experienced 51 mm rainfall, the re-maining regions of the country did not experience any rainfall.
The percentage + / - rainfall in the month of June 2006 compared the same month in 2005 is as fol-low:
In Baghlan – 100 %, Darul Aman – 100 %, Faiz Abad – 100 %, Farah – 100 %, Gardiz – 100 %, Ghazni – 100 %, Ghazi Abad – 100 %, Jabul Seraj – 100 %, Jalalabad – 100 %, Kabul – 100 %, Kanda-har – 100 %, Kariz Mir – 100 %,Kunduz – 100 %, Logar – 100 %, Maimana – 100 %, Mazar – 100 %, Paghman – 100 %, Sheberghan – 100 %, Sarobi – 100 %, Sari Pul – 100 %, Taluqan – 100 %.
For the month of June 2006 rainfall was bel-low the same month of long term average all over the country. Chart ( ) compares re-corded rainfall for June 2006 with long term average. The percentage + / - is as follow:
In Baghlan – 100 %, Darul Aman – 100 %, Faiz Abad – 100 %, Farah – 100 %, Gardiz – 100 , Ghazni – 100 %, Ghazi Abad – 100 %, Jabul Seraj – 100 %, Jalalabad – 100 %, Kabul – 100 %, Kan-dahar – 100 %, Kariz Mir – 100 %,Kunduz – 100 %, Logar – 100 %, Maimana – 100 %, Mazar – 100 %, Paghman – 100 %, Sheberghan – 100 %, Sarobi – 100 %, Sari Pul – 100 %, Taluqan – 100 %.
Map 5
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 7
Rainfall Graphs for the month of June 2006
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Chart 2
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 8
There is no significant changes in temperature dur-ing the month of June 2006 compare to the same month in 2005 across the country. Comparison of the monthly temperature average for the month of June 2006 to the same month in 2005
Average Temperature for the Month of June 2006
There is no significant changes in temperature during the month of June 2006 compare to the same month in 2005 across the country.
(Chart 3 ) shows small increase of temperature during the month of June 2006 over the same month in 2006. The average temperature differ-ence the month of June 2006 is 1 – 2 ° C com-pares to the same month in 2005.
Comparison of Average Temperature June 2006 to the Same Month of 2005
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Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 9
Temperature for the Month of June 2006
The Eastern regions, Southern, southwestern, western and Northern flat areas experienced dry and hot weather during the month of June 2006. Chart ( 4 ) shows maximum and minimum tem-perature during the month of June 2006.
The Eastern regions, Southern, southwestern, western and Northern flat areas experienced dry and hot weather during the month of June 2006.
As chart ( 4 ) shows, Zaranj with 48.9 ° C experi-enced the warmest temperature and Bamyan with 4 ° C was the coldest pint during the month of June 2006.
Afghanistan Monthly Maximum and Minimum Temperature (June 2006)
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Chart 4
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 10
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (June 2006)
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Vegetation Index (NDVI) 1st Dekad of June 2006—Afghanistan
Vegetation Index (NDVI) 2nd Dekad of June 2006—Afghanistan
Vegetation Index (NDVI) 3rd Dekad of June 2006—Afghanistan
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 11
Comparison of NDVI May 2006
Comparison of NDVI value for the month of June 2006 to the same month of 2005 is shown in map ( map 9 ).Comparisons shows that a large in-crease of NDVI occurred in the Northeastern re-gions, Hindukush areas, some parts of the Eastern regions. Small increase of NDVI occurred in the Northern flat areas and, small decrease of NDVI occurred in the Northern mountainous areas, some parts of the Western regions, some parts of the East and Southeastern regions. There is no change of NDVI in the remaining regions of the country.
NDVI: June 2006
Map 9
The NDVI comparison of the month of June 2006 to the same month of long term average (map 10 ) shows small decrease of NDVI in the Northeast-ern regions, Northern mountainous areas, some parts of the Western regions, Eastern and South-eastern regions. There is no change of NDVI in the remaining regions of the country in the month of June 2006 over the same month of long term aver-age.
Vegetation Index: Comparison to Last Year
Vegetation Index: Comparison to Long Term Average
Map 10
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 12
Water Supply and Demand for wheat Daked 3rd June 2006
There is no significant change in WRSI for the winter wheat during the month of June 2006 compare to May 2006. As WRSI map ( 11 ) shows that in the Northeastern Regions, Hidukush areas, Eastern, the Eastern Central Regions, some parts of Southeastern Regions and, some parts of the Southwestern Re-gions the water supply is more than water demand for the winter wheat. In some parts of the Southeastern and some parts of Western regions the water supply is less than water demand for the winter wheat. In the Central Highlands, some parts of Northern regions, some parts of the Southern and Western re-gions the water supply is equal water demand for the winter wheat.
Map 11
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 13
Comparison of Snow extend and Depth
Comparison of snow extent the month of June 2006 to the same month in 2005 shows a decrease in snow extent during the month of June 2006 over the same month in 2005 in the snow covered areas ( maps 12 and 13 ) and the snow extent has been limited in Northern regions.
Map 12
Map 13
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 14
Comparison of Snow extend and Depth
Comparison of snow extent for the month of June 2006 to the same month of long term average (maps 14 and 15 ) also shows a decrease of snow extent during the month of June 2006 to the same month of long term average.
Map 15
Map 14
Data Source: Agromet Network, AMA,FAO, USGS Page 15
Afghanistan Snow Depth May 2006
The snow depth is shown in map ( 16 ), which the snow depth from 10 to 30 cm in the Northeastern re-gions and from 2 to 10 cm in neighboring areas.
Map 16
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