Sago Extracting Machine

Caraga State University, through its Center for Resource Assessment, Analytics, and Emerging Technologies (CReATE), formally shared its Sago Pith Extracting Machine to aid Sago farmers in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed on April 29, 2025.

The agreement is covered by the DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute project, entitled ‘Prototype Enhancement and Testing of Village Level Sago Pith Extracting Machine.’

The Caraga State University’s Technology Transfer and Licensing Office (TTLO) once again received a notification from the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) on the registration of a patent application, A DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING OUT THE STARCH FROM STARCH PRODUCING CROP or the Sago Extracting Machine.