Land Suitability for Peach Palm Commercial Cultivation in Guaviare Department, Colombia

A land evaluation for commercial peach palm (chontaduro) cultivation in Colombia's Guaviare department, developed under agreement 3045449 of 2021 between UPRA and the Guaviare Governor's Office. The dataset likely contains categorical land suitability ratings and area statistics derived from soil, climate, and land-use information at a 1:100,000 scale. The data was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Classifying land suitability categories (Aptitud) for agricultural planning using the predefined high, medium, low, and not-suitable codes.
• Aggregating total suitable area (Área (ha)) by municipality (Municipio) or department (Departamento) for regional development reports.
• Joining spatial analysis results (Gridcode, OBJECTID) with administrative boundaries using department (Código departamento) and municipality codes (Código municipio).

Strengths

• Suitability assessment is based on a defined methodology integrating physical, biological, and socio-economic factors.
• Data includes explicit administrative geography columns (Departamento, Municipio, Código municipio) for regional analysis.
• Land area is quantified in hectares (Área (ha)) for each suitability category.

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 spatial accuracy require manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-18 19:23:26; freshness should be verified as this is a future date.

Provenance

Source

Likely the Colombian Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA) and the Governor's Office of Guaviare Department.

Collection Method

Land evaluation process for agricultural purposes at 1:100,000 scale, using soil studies, land cover maps, climate data, and legal exclusions.

Freshness

2026-05-18

Geography

Guaviare Department, Colombia.