The long-short term memory model (LSTM) is a special recurrent neural network structure, which is widely used in system failure, traffic flow, stock index, emergency event, carbon emission, water table depth, and other fields, showing excellent prediction performance. This paper introduces the LSTM model into forecasting cultivated land area to enrich predicting methods and improve prediction accuracy. To verify the validity of the LSTM model in cultivated land area prediction, TE, GM, ES, ARIMA, SVM and NARNET models are selected for comparison, in which Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces are taken as case areas for revealing evaluation effects of different time series models. The results indicate that the prediction effect of LSTM is better than other models in terms of the comprehensive evaluation of RMSE and MAPE. Finally, according to LSTM forecast, the cultivated land areas of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces will continue to decrease from 2018 to 2030 and the decrease rate will slow down.

cultivated land  /  forecast model  /  deep learning  /  neural network  /  LSTM