Land Suitability for Technified Banana Cultivation in Quindío, Colombia

UPRA and the Quindío Government produced a land suitability map for technified banana cultivation under inter-administrative agreement No. 275 of 2016. The dataset classifies land into high, medium, low, unsuitable, and legally excluded categories based on physical, socio-ecosystem, and socioeconomic conditions at a 1:25,000 scale. It was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Classify land suitability (Aptitud) for banana farming using geospatial features (The geom) and municipal codes (Código Dane municipio).
• Calculate total suitable area (Área (ha)) by municipality (Municipio) or suitability category (Aptitud) for regional agricultural planning.
• Join with other municipal datasets using department (Departamento) and municipality codes (Código Dane municipio, Código departamento) for integrated analysis.
• Perform spatial analysis to identify clusters of high-suitability land (Gridcode, The geom) for targeted agricultural development.

Strengths

• Includes a detailed, legally-defined land suitability classification (Aptitud) with five distinct categories.
• Provides geographic data (The geom) at a defined 1:25,000 scale for spatial precision.
• Contains administrative identifiers (Código Dane municipio, Código departamento) for integration with other Colombian datasets.

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 requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Result of an agreement between the Quindío Government and UPRA (Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria).

Collection Method

Application and validation of a land evaluation methodology for agricultural purposes.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:34:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Quindío department, Colombia.