Burundi Farmers' Organizations in Tea Industry: What Issues, what solutions?

Tea is a very important economy in Burundi. Famers send their production to companies which transforms and exports it. This study concerns the issues of tea famer's organizations in the context of state monopoly and domination. First, it analyzes the failure of famer's appropriation during the development of the tea industry. This happened because the development tea policies about peasant's organizations did not correspond to the local realities. Secondary, this article proposes some solutions for more farmer's participation for a better future of this sector. It suggests the emergence of autonomous peasant associations