Extreme weather experienced in Taiwan over the last two years is forcing tea farmers to find creative ways to keep their crops alive.
After surviving a once-in-a-century drought, tea plantations in the mountains of Taiwan have been hit by torrential rain in recent months, causing a chain reaction that is proving difficult to recover from.
Hacking into the undergrowth to find water for their crops, farmers say that this year’s harvest is down about 50 per cent on last year…