CHAD:

The growing season has started on time in the Sudanian zone. Following first sporadic rains in mid-March and in April in the extreme south, the rainy season really started in May in the south. Rains progressed northwards through late May but decreased somewhat in early June. Planting of coarse grains is underway in the south, in the Sudanian zone. Land preparation is about to start in the Sahelian zone.

No Desert Locusts activity is reported. Army worm infestations are reported on recently planted millet and sorghum crops in Tandjilé and the two Logone. Grain-eating birds are also reported in off-season rice fields in Chari-Baguirmi.
 

Satellite Images (Cold Cloud Duration for the last three dekads)

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