Identification of sago land and its potential for development in the Coastal Area of North Luwu Regency

Abstract

Indonesia is the largest sago producer in the world. The existence of sago as a source of food in Indonesia does not show an increased area of plant growing, instead, it tends to shrink from year to year. Only areas along the coast did not have significant land-use change due to limited soil characteristics for the cultivation of other types of plants, namely soil characteristics that are often waterlogged for months. The coastal area of North Luwu Regency is the area with the largest sago planting area in South Sulawesi. This makes sago a potential plant to be developed in the coastal area of North Luwu. This research aims to produce data on the characteristics of sago land and its development potential in the coastal area of the North Luwu Regency. The method was carried out in the form of collecting the list of coastal villages in North Luwu from Badan Pusat Statistik data and image data, then conducting field verification, analyzing the physical and chemical properties of soil and water, and conducting interviews to determine the potential for sago development based on the production of sago plants. The results of this research indicate that the land characteristics in the coastal area of North Luwu are very suitable for sago plants because they represented a high yield of wet sago starch production which reaches more than 250 kg/tree. It can be concluded that the characteristics of sago land in the coastal area of North Luwu Regency are very suitable for sago plants because they can grow and produce very well.