ZPPA: Food Production Protection Zones for Tolima Department, Colombia

Zonas de Protección para la Producción de Alimentos (ZPPA) delineated for the Tolima department in Colombia, as of 2023. The dataset, hosted on datos.gov.co, identifies areas for declaring official food production protection zones (APPAs) by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) with technical support from UPRA. It aims to safeguard soils for food production and incorporate these zones into territorial planning and development processes.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze protected agricultural zones using Departamento, Municipio, and Geometría columns.
• Calculate total protected area per municipality by aggregating the Área (ha) column.
• Join with other departmental datasets using Código departamento and Código municipio as keys.
• Assess regional distribution of high-aptitude agricultural land from the 7 available columns.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial boundaries (Geometría) for zoning analysis.
• Contains standardized administrative codes (Código departamento, Código municipio) for data linkage.
• Area measurements are provided in hectares (Área (ha)) for quantitative assessment.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), Colombia, with technical support from UPRA.

Collection Method

Likely delineated through a technical process involving agricultural frontier, soil aptitude, and market linkage criteria as described.

Time Range

Referenced year is 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:50:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tolima department, Colombia.