ABSTRACT
The Bandung International Tea Convention (BITC) 2014 and the 21st session of the FAO Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Tea were both held in Bandung, Indonesia, in November 2014. The Convention identified some major difficulties facing stakeholders in the tea trade in both producing and consuming countries, including problems faced by smallholders. Both meetings then facilitated consensus building on methods to improve global tea trading, with smallholders as the vital cog in the industry.
