The Factors Influencing Market Price Of Sago Starch In Meranti Islands By Linear Regression

One of the primary food from Indonesia is sago, and one of the sago producers is the Meranti islands. In addition to processed sago products into foodstuffs, sago products are also sold as sago starch. This study discusses the three factors that influence the market price of sago starch are the number of sago farmers, the area of sago land and annual production. Machine learning approach used is the linear regression. After training data, it can be observed that there are two factors that have a significant influence on the market price of sago starch. The results can be reference material for the industrial and trading offices of Meranti islands in observing the annual sago price so that the farmers and sago entrepreneurs can get the appropriate price of sago starch.