Implementation of K-Means Clustering in Food Security by Regency in East Java Province in 2022

Abstract

Food is the main need that society must fulfill. If food security is disrupted, it will have a negative impact on the nation's life. The agricultural sector has an important role in West Java Province. This province has a large area of agricultural land, so it has high potential to produce abundant agricultural production. However, knowing the adequate number of farmers is very important. Therefore, the implementation of K-Means Clustering can make a significant contribution to the East Java Provincial Agriculture Service in grouping farmers by district. To achieve optimal results, determining the best K value needs to be considered carefully. K-Means Cluster Analysis is a method of non-hierarchical Cluster Analysis that groups data into one or more groups. Data with the same characteristics is grouped into one cluster and data with different characteristics is grouped into another cluster. The data used in this research are land area and rice production in the Regency of East Java Province in 2022. Based on the results of research with the object of Food Security, it can be concluded that, the results of the analysis of the application of manual data mining calculations in Excel Software using the K-Means Clustering method, resulted in two types of clustering in the form of C0, namely the Highest Land Area and Production group with 4 districts: Jember Regency, Ngawi Regency, Bojonegoro Regency and Lamongan Regency, for C1 clustering, namely the Lowest Land Area and Production group with 25 districts in East Java Province