Comparison of Linear and Non-linear Models for Coconut Yield Prediction in Coimbatore Using Weather Parameters and External Factors

Coconut is the world's most significant plantation crop, and it grown in practically every country. As Coimbatore leading producer of coconut Tamil Nadu, followed by Thanjavur Kanyakumari, this study centred on area. West Coast Tall a popular cultivar that produces more than other types. The (WCT) was used research. In paper, four models were developed such as Ridge, Least Absolute Shrinkage Selection Operator (LASSO), Elastic net (ELNET) regression methods Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). Further, we validate model using field-level data from TNAU research farm for two years. purpose communication to find best fit prediction yield weather parameters external factors district. selected based different performance metrics RMSE, MAPE, MAE, R2. Among study, ELNET found be available studied region.