Local Food Sustainability Under Threat

These two commodities were ubiquitous in remote areas of Papua, as the Papua Inroad Expedition team observed when visiting a number of areas in the easternmost province early 2020 until late 2021.

Kompas/Totok Wijayanto

The process of filtering the pith or fibers of the sago tree to produce sago starch, Thursday (14/10/2021).

The shift in consumption habits of some indigenous people in Papua has led to an abandonment of local staple foods such as sago and sweet potatoes. If left unheeded, food self-sufficiency is threatened.