In Isunga village, on the edge of Kibale National Park in western Uganda, brothers Nicholas Isingoma and Larry Mayombo stop a tricycle at two overgrown tea farms.
At 1,505 metres above sea level, Isunga in Kabarole district is perfect for tea growing. Yet the two farms separated by the Fort Portal-Kamwenge Road have been abandoned. The tea bushes, which used to be kept at three to five feet through regular pruning to ease plucking and encourage bud growth, have grown almost seven feet.
