Icyayi nikimwe mubinyobwa bitatu byingenzi kwisi. Hano ku isi hari ibihugu n'uturere birenga 60 bitanga icyayi. Umusaruro wicyayi wumwaka ni toni hafi miliyoni 6, ubucuruzi burenga toni miliyoni 2, naho abaturage banywa icyayi barenga miliyari 2. Isoko nyamukuru ryinjiza n’ivunjisha ry’ibihugu bikennye cyane ni isoko y’inganda zikora inkingi z’ubuhinzi n’amafaranga abahinzi binjiza mu bihugu byinshi, cyane cyane mu bihugu biri mu nzira y'amajyambere.

Ubushinwa n’umujyi w’icyayi, ndetse n’igihugu gifite ubwinshi bw’ibihingwa by’icyayi, ubwoko bw’ibicuruzwa byuzuye, n’umuco w’icyayi wimbitse. Mu rwego rwo guteza imbere iterambere ry’inganda z’icyayi ku isi no guteza imbere umuco w’icyayi w’Abashinwa, uwahoze ari Minisiteri y’ubuhinzi, mu izina rya guverinoma y’Ubushinwa, yabanje gusaba ko hashyirwaho umunsi mpuzamahanga wo kwibuka icyayi muri Gicurasi 2016, maze ugenda uteza imbere mpuzamahanga abaturage kugirango bumvikane kuri gahunda y'Ubushinwa yo gushyiraho umunsi mpuzamahanga w'icyayi. Ibyifuzo bireba byemejwe n’umuryango w’ibiribwa n’ubuhinzi by’akanama k’umuryango w’abibumbye (FAO) n’Inteko rusange mu Kuboza 2018 na Kamena 2019, bikarangira byemejwe n’inama ya 74 y’Inteko rusange y’umuryango w’abibumbye ku ya 27 Ugushyingo 2019 . Umunsi wagenwe nkumunsi mpuzamahanga wicyayi.

Umunsi mpuzamahanga w'icyayi ni ubwa mbere Ubushinwa buteza imbere ishyirwaho ry'umunsi mukuru mpuzamahanga mu rwego rw'ubuhinzi, bugaragaza ko ibihugu byose byo ku isi byemera umuco w'icyayi w'Abashinwa. Gukora ibikorwa by’uburezi no kumenyekanisha ku isi ku ya 21 Gicurasi buri mwaka bizorohereza guhuza umuco w’icyayi mu Bushinwa n’ibindi bihugu, biteze imbere iterambere ry’inganda z’icyayi, kandi dufatanyirize hamwe guharanira inyungu z’abahinzi benshi b’icyayi.