Saturday, February 26, 2011

INDONESIA - In the Moluccas, the return of sago

The government wants to reduce dependence Moluccan population in respect of rice and intends to return to the traditional use of sago, a starch produced from the trunk of the sago palm. There is a variety of palm grows abundantly under the canopy of the rainforest, the daily Kompas said. Moluccans consume on average 80 kilos of rice and 55 of sago.

Each year, the archipelago consumes 120,000 tons of rice, but it produces only 70,000 tonnes. On the trunk of sago palm can be up to forty tumang extracts, measurement of sago sold 20,000 rupees each [1,8 Euro] which can feed a family for a week.

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