{"id":5631,"date":"2024-01-24T08:06:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2025-05-27T03:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T03:46:38","slug":"sago-palm-a-highly-productive-crop-that-thrives-on-peatland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/en\/sago-palm-a-highly-productive-crop-that-thrives-on-peatland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sago Palm: A highly productive crop that thrives on peatland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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True sago palm (Metroxylon sago)<\/i> has a great potential to be a sustainable source of livelihood for communities that live around peatland. The plant is native to the eastern parts of Indonesia, specifically Maluku and Papua, where it is eaten as a staple food1<\/sup>. The palm encompasses 5.5 million ha in Indonesia and 95% of it is in Papua2<\/sup>. Sago palm is very resilient, able to grow in neutral to highly acidic soils, organic and mineral soils and even tolerates highly sulfuric soils. It can survive brackish water and is resistant to pests and diseases, prolonged droughts, floods and storms3<\/sup>. In fact, it thrives on peatland and performs better with occasional flooding, so there is no need to drain peatland in order to grow it. Moreover, true sago palm does not need additional fertilizer and barely any maintenance. It takes 12-15 years to reach maturity, reaching a height of 15 meters4<\/sup>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sago palm produces flour 20-40 tons\/hectares\/year. Image taken from Al Manar, P et al. (2023), Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sago palm\u00a0 flowers only once in its lifetime and at that time the stored nutrients are converted to starch. Harvesting during this time ensures a maximum yield. When harvested on the spot, the tree is cut down and the trunk is split open5<\/sup>. Afterwards, the pith is scraped out and ground into a powder, which is then mixed with water and filtered through a cloth. The starch then settles in a container. The harvested product is sago flour which has an established national and international market. There is much discourse on sago as a substitute for rice in Indonesia. Sago\u2019s productivity is six times that of rice paddy fields and its adaptability to harsh environments gives it an advantage to endure extreme weather caused by climate change6<\/sup>. Indonesia\u2019s reliance on rice imports from neighboring countries make it vulnerable to international price hikes, which can cause domestic inflation. Sago seems perfect to bolster Indonesia\u2019s food security, but to change people\u2019s taste and preferences is a whole other matter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Its productivity on peatland has been seen in Riau Province. To date, there are 61,689 ha of sago plantations in Riau, making it the largest producer of sago in Indonesia7<\/sup>. Most of its production (90%) is in the Meranti Islands Regency. In this area, the palm grows on peat with a depth of 100-300 cm and deeper. According to an FAO guidebook, sago palms that grow on deep peat produce less starch and take longer to mature (more than 12-17 years) compared to ones that grow on shallow peat, which take 8-12 years. One tree produces 150-250 kg of dry starch8<\/sup>. Local food products derived from this are noodles, crackers and cakes9<\/sup>. Dry grated sago, called sapuring, <\/i>is fed to chickens and cattle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Tohor River Village there are 14 processing plants collecting sago from farmers in the form of tual<\/i>, sago trunks that are one meter long10<\/sup>. The current price for one tual<\/i> is Rp60,000. The refined sago flour that is exported to Malaysia is sold at a price of Rp2,000\/kg. However, Haris Gunawan, Deputy of Research and Development of the Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM), feels that with this low selling price, the market is stagnant and he wishes to develop the value chain. BRGM organized an event in the village called Nusantara Sago Festival, held on 14-15 March 2020. Haris hopes that this event would inspire people involved in the sago trade to make innovations of sago products that have higher value. Parallel to their mission of restoring Indonesia\u2019s peatland, BRGM also strives to develop peat-friendly livelihoods and true sago palm is a potential solution.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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BRGM encourages the planting of sago on peatland for its restoration. Sago production systems improve the water retention of the land it grows on by improving soil infiltration, reducing water velocity in the channels and reducing overland flow6<\/sup>. As a result, if grown on peatland, it can mitigate flooding as well as maintain the moisture of the peat, which is vital to prevent fires. As of now, there is no cultivation of sago palm in Central Kalimantan on record, but it is present in West and South Kalimantan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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