Cassava To Be Brewed 03 Apr 2015
SP Brewery intends to pioneer the Cassava industry in Papua New Guinea by looking at the possible local sourcing of Cassava into its beer processing.
This was announced by SPB’s Managing Director Stan Joyce when he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Agriculture and Livestock through their Department Secretary Dr Vele Pat Ila’ava recently.
Mr Joyce said cassava is a crop imminently suitable for our environment in PNG and that it is probably suitable for traditional farming technologies as well.
Mr. Joyce stressed that through the MOU with the Department of Agriculture & Livestock, SP Brewery will develop a central cassava nursery at the Erap station in Morobe Province.
Meantime, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Dr. Vele Pat Ila’ava thanked SP Brewery for their high interest into agriculture and this signing was a clear reflection of the continued public private partnership the Government has with the private sector.
Dr. Vele Pat Ila’ava said 85 per cent of the population depends directly from agriculture for food and income, so that amounts to around 6 million today.




















