Land Suitability for Arabica Coffee Cultivation in Meta, Colombia

A land suitability map for coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in the Meta department of Colombia, produced at a 1:100,000 scale. The dataset results from a 2017 inter-administrative contract (No 202) between UPRA and the Meta Governorate, with zoning completed in December 2018. It classifies areas into high, medium, low, and non-suitable categories based on biophysical, socioeconomic, and socio-ecosystem components, including legal exclusions.

Use Cases

• Classifying land suitability (Aptitud) for coffee using geospatial features (the_geom) and area calculations (Área (ha)).
• Mapping and analyzing the spatial distribution of suitability categories (Aptitud, Gridcode) across the Meta department.
• Calculating the total area in hectares (Área (ha)) designated for each suitability or legal exclusion category.
• Joining this zoning data with other regional datasets using unique identifiers (Consecutivo) or geometry (the_geom).

Strengths

• Includes a detailed, multi-criteria suitability classification (Aptitud) with five distinct categories.
• Contains explicit geospatial geometry data (the_geom) for mapping and spatial analysis.
• Based on a formal methodological framework and a specific 2017 inter-administrative contract.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.
• The license is unknown, which could restrict permissible use cases.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (likely a Colombian government open data portal).

Collection Method

Produced through land evaluation methodology validation and application for the Meta department.

Time Range

Zoning reflects conditions as of December 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:42:06; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Meta department, Colombia.