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Chanthaburi, Thailand – Clambering hand-over-hand, sweat dripping into his eyes, a durian laborer expertly slices a cumbersome fruit from a tree before tossing it down to land with a soft thump in his colleague’s waiting arms some 15 meters below.
But a vicious heatwave engulfing Southeast Asia has resulted in smaller yields and spiraling costs, with growers and sellers increasingly panicked as global warming damages the industry.The weather-beaten 54-year-old took over her parents’ farm in eastern Chanthaburi province — Thailand’s durian heartland — three decades ago.“If the hot weather continues to rise in the future, it’ll be over,” she said. “Farmers wouldn’t be able to produce durian anymore.
Busaba said the heat causes the durian, which is graduated by weight and size, to ripen faster so it does not grow to its fullest—and most valuable—size. AFPAnd not only is she getting less money for the crop, Busaba’s operational costs have risen.
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