• Crop improvement for high yield, good quality starch and maturity palms.
• Mass propagation of high quality planting materials.
• Understanding peat characteristics, reclamation and management technique for optimum sago growth.
• Agronomic and cultural practices.
• Field mechanisation and post-harvest handling.
• Milling technology.
• By-product utilisation.
• Product development.
• Market studies and commercialisation.