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Machine Learning  Modelling of the Relationship between Weather and Paddy Yield in Sri Lanka

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  • Piyal Ekanayake
  • Windhya Rankothge
  • Rukmal Weliwatta
  • Jeevani W. Jayasinghe
  • Niansheng Tang

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This paper presents the development of crop-weather models for the paddy yield in Sri Lanka based on nine weather indices, namely, rainfall, relative humidity (minimum and maximum), temperature (minimum and maximum), wind speed (morning and evening), evaporation, and sunshine hours. The statistics of seven geographical regions, which contribute to about two-thirds of the country’s total paddy production, were used for this study. The significance of the weather indices on the paddy yield was explored by employing Random Forest (RF) and the variable importance of each of them was determined. Pearson’s correlation and Spearman’s correlation were used to identify the behavior of correlation in a positive or negative direction. Further, the pairwise correlation among the weather indices was examined. The results indicate that the minimum relative humidity and the maximum temperature during the paddy cultivation period are the most influential weather indices. Moreover, RF was used to develop a paddy yield prediction model and four more techniques, namely, Power Regression (PR), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) with stepwise selection, forward (step-up) selection, and backward (step-down) elimination, were used to benchmark the performance of the machine learning technique. Their performances were compared in terms of the Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Correlation Coefficient (R), Mean Absolute Error (MAE), and the Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE). As per the results, RF is a reliable and accurate model for the prediction of paddy yield in Sri Lanka, demonstrating a very high R of 0.99 and the least MAPE of 1.4%.

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  • Piyal Ekanayake & Windhya Rankothge & Rukmal Weliwatta & Jeevani W. Jayasinghe & Niansheng Tang, 2021. "Machine Learning  Modelling of the Relationship between Weather and Paddy Yield in Sri Lanka," Journal of Mathematics, Hindawi, vol. 2021, pages 1-14, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:hin:jjmath:9941899
    DOI: 10.1155/2021/9941899
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