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https://futureclimateafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/women-pick-tea-leaves-in-mulanje-in-december-2016-source-katharine-vincent.jpg1024768The recent heatwave in Malawi has led to consecutive days with very high temperatures. This is exactly the scenario that tea growers fear. Over the last 18 months, FCFA's work with smallholder farmers and large-scale tea producers in the southern districts of Mulanje and Thyolo identified the risk of heat scorch to tea bushes as a major concern.