THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SUPPORTS AND COORDINATES THE MONTHLY COLLABORATIVE PRODUCTION OF THE GEOGLAM (GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL MONITORING INITIATIVE) CROP MONITOR FOR EARLY WARNING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH FEWS NET (FAMINE EARLY WARNING NETWORK) AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THE INITIATIVE IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY PARTNERS INCLUDING US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS)FEWS NET UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) SOUTH AFRICA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC) ASIA-RICE MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN AFRICA (MESA) GAD CLIMATE PREDICTION AND APPLICATIONS CENTER(ICPAC) TANZANIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES(MALF) UGANDA OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER (OPM) AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION SO INTO RESEARCH CENTER(JRC)AND IS EXPANDING TO INCLUDE REGIONAL CENTER AS WELL AS MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE.THECM4EWCATEGORIZES THE GROWING CONDITIONS OF PRINCIPAL CROPS ON A SIMPLE SCALE USING MAPS CHARTS??AND BRIEF NARRATIVES TO SUMMARIZE THE STATUS OF CROPS IN??COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD.