Crop suitability ratings were determined for each soil map unit defined for Samoa for the following crops:
Cassava, ginger, kava, potato, ta’amu, taro, taro palagi, umala (sweet potato) and yam
Beans, broccoli, carrot, capsicum, cauliflower, celery, chillies, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, eggplant, English cabbage, lettuce, okra, onion, pumpkin, soya bean, squash, sweet corn, tomato, zucchini
Avocado, breadfruit, cocoa, coconut, coffee, durian, grapefruit, lemon, lime, mandarin, mango, mangosteen, noni, orange, paper mulberry, rambutan, soursop, star fruit
Banana, black pepper, papaya, pineapple, vanilla, watermelon
Without significant limitations.
Suitable but has limitations that reduce productivity or increase the inputs needed to sustain productivity.
Limitations so severe that benefits are reduced and/or the inputs needed to sustain production are increased so that this cost is only marginally justified.
