Commercial Papaya Cultivation Suitability Zoning for Colombia at 1:100,000 Scale

Zoning for the commercial cultivation of the Tainung hybrid papaya in Colombia, produced at a 1:100,000 scale. The dataset categorizes land into five suitability classes, from High Aptitude to Legal Exclusion, based on physical, socio-ecosystem, and socio-economic criteria. It originates from a methodology document dated December 2019 and is hosted on the Colombian open data portal.

Use Cases

• Mapping suitability zones for agricultural policy using Aptitud and The geom columns.
• Aggregating total suitable area by municipality using Área (ha), Municipio, and Código Dane municipio.
• Joining with other municipal-level datasets using Código departamento and Departamento as keys.
• Performing spatial analysis on land constraints by filtering on Aptitud categories like 'No Apta' or 'Exclusión legal'.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed five-class suitability categorization (Aptitud) for a specific crop.
• Includes municipal and departmental administrative codes (Código Dane municipio, Código departamento) for integration.
• Contains a geometry column (The geom) enabling direct geospatial analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and attribute definitions require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Result of applying a commercial crop zoning methodology described in a December 2019 document.

Time Range

Methodology document is from December 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:54:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia.