Suitability Zoning for Four Pasture Grasses in Colombia at 1:100,000 Scale

A 1:100,000 scale map zones Colombian land for the production of four pasture grasses: pará (Brachiaria mutica), braquipará (Brachiaria plantaginea), alemán (Echinochloa polystachya), and tanner (Brachiaria arrecta). The dataset integrates physical and socio-ecosystem criteria and was used as an input for national and export beef and dairy cattle grazing suitability studies. The product was generated in September 2019.

Use Cases

• Classifying land suitability categories (Aptitud) for pasture development using geospatial polygons (The_geom).
• Calculating the total area in hectares (Área (ha)) for each suitability zone to inform agricultural policy.
• Mapping pasture suitability zones by joining polygon geometries (The_geom) with their corresponding grid codes (Gridcode) and consecutive identifiers (Consecutivo).

Strengths

• The dataset provides a detailed 1:100,000 scale suitability analysis for four specific grass species.
• It includes five distinct suitability categories, from 'High Aptitude' to 'Legal Exclusion', offering nuanced land classification.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats, including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

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 attribute definitions require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Result of integrating physical and socio-ecosystem criteria and variables.

Time Range

Product generated in September 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:17:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia