Crops Rated
Crop suitability ratings were determined for each soil map unit defined for Samoa for the following crops:
Root crops
Cassava, ginger, kava, potato, ta’amu, taro, taro palagi, umala (sweet potato) and yam
Vegetables
Beans, broccoli, carrot, capsicum, cauliflower, celery, chillies, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, eggplant, English cabbage, lettuce, okra, onion, pumpkin, soya bean, squash, sweet corn, tomato, zucchini
Tree crops
Avocado, breadfruit, cocoa, coconut, coffee, durian, grapefruit, lemon, lime, mandarin, mango, mangosteen, noni, orange, paper mulberry, rambutan, soursop, star fruit
Other crops
Banana, black pepper, papaya, pineapple, vanilla, watermelon
Crop Suitability Class rating system
Class 1 Highly suitable
Without significant limitations.
Class 2 Moderately suitable
Suitable but has limitations that reduce productivity or increase the inputs needed to sustain productivity.
Class 3 Marginally suitable
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.
Class 4 Not suitable
