Land Suitability for Technified Pig Production in Quindío Department, Colombia

December 2019 land suitability map for commercial pig farming, produced by the Quindío Governor's Office and UPRA under agreement 275 of 2016. The dataset classifies land into high, medium, low, not suitable, and legally excluded categories based on physical, socio-ecosystem, and socioeconomic factors. It covers the Quindío department at a 1:25,000 scale.

Use Cases

• Classify land suitability for pig farming using the Aptitud column across municipalities.
• Analyze the total area (Área (ha)) available for different suitability categories within each Municipio.
• Join municipal-level data with other datasets using the Código Dane municipio or Código departamento identifiers.
• Perform spatial analysis on land classifications using the The geom column.

Strengths

• Includes a detailed land classification system with five distinct Aptitud categories.
• Contains official geographic identifiers (Código Dane municipio, Código departamento) for integration with other Colombian datasets.
• Provides area calculations in hectares (Área (ha)) for each classified polygon.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and spatial accuracy require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Gobernación del Quindío and UPRA (Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria).

Collection Method

Result of applying and validating a land evaluation methodology for agricultural purposes at a 1:25,000 scale.

Time Range

December 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:48:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Quindío department, Colombia.