Application of singular spectrum analysis method to forecast rice production in west sumatra

The imbalance between the population and rice production will cause various negative impacts such as food crisesand increasing poverty, so forecasting needs to be done to maintain food availability in the future. This study aimsdetermine the results of rice production in West Sumatra Province for 12 periods in 2023 using the SA method. Basedon the results of the analysis, rice production in 2023 for 12 periods tends to decrease compared to the previous year.Forecasting rice production using the SSA method with L=21 can be said to be accurate with a MAPE obtained of17.69%.