Spike hazard: Thai farmers go all in to feed China’s durian craving

Durians are prepared for shipment to China at a packing house in Lang Suan, Thailand. The fruit is Thailand's top export to China. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) Rival crops abandoned even as growing competition undercuts pricing power PHATO, Thailand — The fruit of Chatkamol Mungpayaban's durian trees is now worth far more than when he started growing the spiky plant back in 1995.

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