Pasture and Forage Crop Area Distribution in Sucre Department, Colombia

Land use data details the distribution of areas for natural, improved, and cut pastures, as well as forage crops and silvopastoral systems across municipalities in the Sucre department of Colombia. The dataset includes surface area in hectares for each pasture type and municipality, along with subregion classification. It was published on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in pasture type distribution over time using the Año and various Area en Pasto columns.
• Compare land use for livestock support across municipalities using the Municipios and Total (Hectareas) columns.
• Model regional agricultural patterns by grouping municipal data by Subregión.
• Assess the adoption of specific farming systems like silvopastoral or improved pastures using the dedicated hectare columns.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 9 distinct columns covering municipality, year, pasture types, and subregion.
• Provides specific hectare measurements for five different pasture and forage system categories.
• Geographic coverage is explicitly defined for all municipalities within the Sucre department.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Time Range

Implied by the Año (Year) column, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:52:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Sucre department, Colombia.