Land Suitability for Soybean Cultivation in Meta, Colombia, 2018
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Description
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.
License is unknown; terms of use should be verified before application.