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SMALLER PRODUCE. This photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows a worker catching a durian at BB Garden durian farm in Thailand’s eastern Chanthaburi province. A vicious heatwave engulfing Southeast Asia has resulted in smaller yields and spiraling costs, with planters and sellers increasingly panicked as global warming damages the industry.
Durian season usually lasts from March until June, but the soaring temperatures – which in her province have hovered around 40 degrees Celsius for weeks – and subsequent drought have shortened the harvest. “We have to buy 10 water trucks for 120,000 liters of water for one-time watering the whole 10-rai of our farm,” she said, repeating the process every other day, at a cost of thousands of dollars.Thailand’s durian exports are worth billions and are the kingdom’s third most valuable agricultural product – behind rice and rubber.
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