@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00010408,
 author = {Laufa, Terence Miro},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {南太平洋研究, South Pacific Study},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {This is a review that critiques sago research and provides some reflections on Papua New Guinea, of which its thesis has applications and implications for PICs and Southeast Asia. These reflections are based on an ecletic review of the literature on previous and current sago palm research carried out in some SUAS in PNG, with some case references drawn from that of Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. Two broad aims are pursued in the present study. Firstly, the empiricism of sago research is classified into three categories and critically examined. The first category covers studies on agronomics of the sago palm (Metroxylon spp.); the second category focuses on ethnological studies, providing comparative studies of SUAS from a multitude of views. Issues cover thematic and development-related studies such as poverty-focused, gender-focused, nutrition-focused and socio-economic surveys. The third category explores teleological studies and briefly covers sago palm starch extraction methods, biotechnology, food technology and food security. Secondly, this study reviews two main leading theoretical assumptions pertinent with sago palm research with respect to the Headland/Bailey food scarcity thesis and the sago palm's centre of diversity thesis.},
 pages = {29--47},
 title = {Sago Research in Pacific Island Countries and Southeast Asia - A Review},
 volume = {29},
 year = {2009}
}