Land Suitability for Soybean Cultivation in Meta, Colombia, 2018

December 2018 land suitability assessment for commercial soybean farming in Colombia's Meta department, produced by UPRA and the Governor's Office of Meta. The dataset categorizes land into five aptitude levels based on biophysical, socioeconomic, and socio-ecosystem components. It includes polygon geometry and area calculations for zones deemed high, medium, low, or unsuitable, as well as legally excluded areas.

Use Cases

• Classifying land aptitude for soybean farming using the Aptitud column on a 1:100,000 scale.
• Calculating the total area of high-suitability zones for agricultural planning using the Área (ha) column.
• Mapping suitability zones for visual analysis and policy communication using the the_geom column.
• Joining or filtering spatial features based on unique identifiers using the Consecutivo or Gridcode columns.

Strengths

• Includes five distinct, legally-defined aptitude categories (Alta, Media, Baja, No Apta, Exclusiones legales).
• Contains explicit spatial geometry (the_geom) and calculated area in hectares (Área (ha)).
• Based on a formal methodology applied under contract Interadministrativo No 202 of 2017.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Result of validation and application of a land evaluation methodology for the Meta department.

Time Range

December 2018 (Agricultural Semester I).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:25:37; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Meta department, Colombia.