Agribusiness Design of Local Sago Food in Southeast Sulawesi

Sago is a local food ingredient for the people of Southeast Sulawesi, which has good prospects for large-scale development. This research aims to determine the income level of sago processors, the priority types of sago processed products to be cultivated, the potential of sago agro-industry, and the design of local sago food agro-industry in Southeast Sulawesi. The research respondents included local sago processors and local governments. The data analysis technique in this research uses income analysis, exponential comparison matrix (EPM), and analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The research results show that the average income generated by sago processors is higher than that of other sago-processed products, namely IDR 192,826,000 per month. However, sago biscuit is a processed sago product with a higher income per unit of production than other processed sago products. Sago biscuit processed product is a priority processed product with a value of 8.545532 with the priority criterion being business development with a value of 0.558. The priority alternative for local sago processing in Southeast Sulawesi is capital strengthening with a value of 0.205. The results of this research also confirm that the development of the local sago agribusiness industry needs to be supported by capital strengthening.