Mud slides in Malawi

At Sukambizi Association Trust in Malawi tea plants are not producing as much leaf as they should. On average crop yield is down by about 15 percent. Effects of climate change Drought conditions are responsible for an increase in diseases uncommon in the area in the past. A pest called Helopeltis, which looks like a mosquito, has now become a big problem. The adult lays its eggs on the tea plant and when they hatch...

Tree seedling nurseries in Uganda

A new report by climate scientists at the Colombia-based International Centre for Tropical Agriculture shows that if average temperatures rise by an expected 2.3 degrees Celsius by the middle of the century, some of Uganda’s most lucrative tea producing areas could be completely wiped off the map. Such an eventuality would be a catastrophe for the farmers of Mabale Tea Growers Factory and the bigger region, where...