Develop Various Sago Foods, Ministry of Agriculture Holds FAO: https://finance.detik.com/berita-ekonomi-bisnis/d-3777287/kembangkan-aneka-pangan-sagu-kementan-gandeng-fao/19 December 2017
The Ministry of Agriculture through the Food Security Agency (BKP) continues to commit to realizing local food-based diversification, in an effort to reduce dependence on rice and flour.

Massive use of local food is considered capable of contributing positively to strengthening national food sovereignty. To that end, BKP is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Regional Government of Southeast Sulawesi Province conducting the 'Promoting Sago Starch Utilization in Indonesia' activity in Kendari (18/12/2017). This activity has begun in 2016 and is currently entering the final stages.

On that occasion, the representative of FAO Indonesia-Timor Leste, Mark Smulder stressed to maintain the sustainability of this activity. According to him there are three things to note that is commitment, expertise, and opportunity.

March 2015, Perhutani Sago Factory Operations : http://medanbisnisdaily.com/news/read/2014/09/06/115881/maret_2015_pabrik_sagu_perhutani_beroperasi/#.VFbr8DSUdR4/6 September 2014
PT Perhutani (Persero) is targeting the sago factory Kais District, South Sorong regency, began operations in March 2015 with a capacity of 30,000 tons of corn per year.

"With an investment of around Rp112 billion, this plant will be the first modern sago factory in Indonesia," said Director Bambang Sukmananto Perhutani, on the sidelines of the review completion sago factory in Sorong, West Papua, on Thursday (4/9).

According to Bambang, the physical construction of the plant has reached 60%, then just the completion of the installation of processing machines and machine boiler and electrical installations.

He explained that the sago factory is a new business for Perhutani after getting approval from the government and the Ministry of Enterprise to manage an area of ??15,000 hectares in the region.

"In the early stages (2015) The new production capacity 25 percent and then 50 percent in 2016 and entered full kapaitas in 2017. In essence, Perhutani ready and continue to develop to meet the needs of the plant sago sago national, currently at 5 million tons per year," Bambang said.

Surely Bambang, with the development of sago factories into industrial production of sago Perhutani nasiobal ??then later not only for domestic use but also can be exported to bring in foreign exchange. "The export market potential of sago especially in ASEAN countries, including Japan," he explained.

He said, sago with the Latin name Metroxylon Sp is native to Indonesia which is the main source of carbohydrates that can be used for healthy food, bioethanol, sugar for the food and beverage industry, animal feed, pharmaceutical and paper industry and others.

Bambang explained that Indonesia has the potential to be the world's largest corn producer because there is the world's largest corn crop in New Guinea with a stretch of about 4.5 million hectares. "We are ready to partner with the communities where sago factories located for economic development in the region. In addition to processing, Perhutani also provide knowledge about the development of productive sago palms," he said.

Quality trees from Papua quite famous for Sago King, which could produce up to 900 kilograms of corn per stem. Unlike the Malaysian sago palm produces an average maximum of 250 kg of corn starch per stem.

During this time sago farmers such as Papua, only able to make one sago trunk for two weeks, but with this partnership sago plant population results can be directly processed by a short time.