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The OTB was created in 1971 with the mission of promoting the culture in Burundi as well as the production and marketing of tea, with two objectives namely: to regularly supplement the income of tea growers and to contribute substantially to the contribution in currencies for the country. The extension of tea growing outside the research station was carried out in two forms, namely: Plantations in state industrial blocks, Plantations in family plots known as "Village tea

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