Heatwave hammers Thailand's stinky but lucrative durian farms

Among Thailand's most famous and lucrative exports, the pungent "king of fruits" is as distinctive in its smell as its spiky green-brown carapace, and has been farmed in the kingdom for hundreds of years. But a vicious heatwave engulfing Southeast Asia has resulted in smaller yields and spiralling costs, with growers and sellers increasingly panicked as global warming damages the industry. "This year is a crisis," durian farmer Busaba Nakpipat told AFP bluntly. The weather-beaten 54-year-old took...