Heatwave panics Thai durian farmers

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28 күн бұрын

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A vicious heatwave engulfing Southeast Asia has hit farms across the region especially hard.
Droughts have drastically reduced crop yields, including in durian farms. The pungent fruit is one of Thailand’s most lucrative exports. But the recent poor harvests brought on by warming temperatures have been creating panic among growers and sellers.
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@pipiqiqi4010 26 күн бұрын

no wonder that the Durian sold in China is more and more small. but it is more affordable for the normal families when it is smaller.

@HowToChangeName 26 күн бұрын

Coffee, rice, durian and so many more This is going to jeopardize Asia real fast

@pjacobsen1000 26 күн бұрын

1) Not every year will have such a scorching heatwave. 2) As the average temperature rises decade by decade, breeders will have to find/develop more heat resistant durian varieties. This may be difficult and take time, but probably not impossible. 3) Thailand needs to develop and improve its water retention capabilities. One rainy season should be plenty for the whole year, as long as they don't let all the water run straight into the sea. This all costs money, but every country needs to invest in the future.

@Phillipnoogen 26 күн бұрын

What are ya talking about? At this rate. Climate change is getting worse. With the ongoing world population ever increasing, more cars/transport producing co2 and increase in livestock is the major reason why all these weather is going crazy. Look at Texas and Brazil with their flooding. It's going to get worse.

@chesterlai9444 25 күн бұрын

They can’t afford that you durian head

@jameschristophercirujano6650 21 күн бұрын

@@Phillipnoogen Thailand's population is dropping though.

@RieCeleste 26 күн бұрын

Philippines also export Durian in China. The place where I lived actually has many durians that are sold every season.

@user-dr6gk4rc6s 25 күн бұрын

Come to Malaysia we got a lots

@spiritchaser8394 26 күн бұрын

i thought hotter/dryer weather gives more robust and flavorful durians? sure the yield is less but the remaining fruit that survives will be of higher quality.

@SlithereenSoul 26 күн бұрын

Yes it gives a bit more intense flavor to the durian but that doesn't mean better quality and isn't what we are after. The selling point of Thai durians is mild smell and flavor.

@arcticredpanda4598 26 күн бұрын

Can the farmers build cisterns to store rain water?

@garryferrington811 25 күн бұрын

It's hard to find Durian around here.

@user-cm7ly4ep1d 23 күн бұрын

ทุเรียน ของประเทศไทย อร่อยมาก

@robbykurnia9671 20 күн бұрын

I don't understand why farmers use water for durian in tropical climates, fruits in tropical places usually naturally bear fruit every year and can survive relying on rainwater in the rainy season. btw I'm Indonesian.

@keangwooichoo6138 25 күн бұрын

I thought the hotter the better. If rainy season, it is bad quality.

@GhostEmblem 26 күн бұрын

Anybody else first heard about these from BoTW?

@bobbymoss6160 26 күн бұрын

Hahahah, yeah people who grew up in a cave at north pole.

@ALO_69 26 күн бұрын

🎉

@EcomCarl 25 күн бұрын

Thailand's durian industry is facing some tough challenges due to the ongoing heatwave, impacting both quality and yield. 🌞🥭 It's a stark reminder of the far-reaching effects of climate change and underscores the importance of sustainable farming practices for long-term resilience in agriculture.

@terusanzues6571 23 күн бұрын

Dont worry, people of Indonesia will keep dancing over this heat. They are happy while keep dancing of gemoy.

@babibrain 26 күн бұрын

Once you eat Malaysia durian, you will never go to other durians outside Malaysia. Malaysia durian is creamy and full of fruit flavour.

@vassanab4243 24 күн бұрын

Every clips about Thai durian, there are always comments from Malaysian telling how Malaysian durian is better😂 , they don’t really have manner whatsoever. Thai people never talk about Thai durian in the video about Malaysian durian.

@userGGG702 26 күн бұрын

wow lots of stuff will be jeopardize in Asia soon

@ongsengfook 24 күн бұрын

Silly. It's not a crisis. Normal to get fluctuating supply.

@The-Magadh 26 күн бұрын

News reader is sounding great American accent!

@will9001asd 23 күн бұрын

TIL durian grow on trees. Imagine one falling on you??? 😱😱

@dodadadi9662 26 күн бұрын

Kenapa ya thailand yg gdpnya lebih rendah dari indonesia tapi societynya atau peradabannya keliatan lebih rapih dari indonesia, kayak hal terkecil seperti cara berapakaiannya? Itu kerja di perkebunan aja pake flanel dan daleman kaos, terus sarung tangan, dll. Pasarnya juga keliatan well designed dan rapih

@rian4104 26 күн бұрын

Yg di liat itu income per capita om. GDP kita terbesar se ASEAN karena jumlah penduduk kita jg terbesar. Tp kalo iliat dari income per capita diantara negara besar ASEAN, kita termasuk yg terendah selevel dengan Filipina.

@whysanjay3074 26 күн бұрын

Mereka sangat siap dg turis asing yg sangat perhatikan sanitasi n hygiene jd hal2 itu sdh diterapkan sehari2 di seluruh negri... Kl di Indo ya mgkn cmn di Bali saja sih yg spt itu.

@PrimarchRegalious 26 күн бұрын

😿

@dasmin1135 20 күн бұрын

The world is getting drier because of the total destruction of tropical rainforest.

@bl4d3runn3rX 26 күн бұрын

It won't be every year like that. The heat wave is there every year, but this time much stronger, because of El Nino! Prices for Durian will go up if the demand is high and supply low.

@azamaziz7139 26 күн бұрын

Wait...why are they picking the durians? Durians fall on their own when ripe

@Piusplac 26 күн бұрын

In Malaysia they wait for them to fall down in nets, in Thailand they pick them from the tree manually. Thats why in Thailand durian are sometimes hard...

@travelswithminky246 26 күн бұрын

it's because they have to export to other countries. it will be too ripe once it reaches western countries.

@keangwooichoo6138 25 күн бұрын

Thailand. Watch video.

@jamie4871 26 күн бұрын

... Dont worry in rhe philippines there's a lot ... especially in davao ....

@ivanskirchak4935 26 күн бұрын

Oh no!! That smelly fruit!

@Javy_Valen_Tain 26 күн бұрын

Durian is under threat!

@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 26 күн бұрын

Beware expensive durian this year😂... it is too expensive for most thai anyway coz chinese outbid us

@ChopSuey-Dish 25 күн бұрын

I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.

@karfei_cheng 25 күн бұрын

Well u literally complained 😂

@HODATKHO 24 күн бұрын

Smellkey fruit

@Kiyoone 26 күн бұрын

Here we go with the "gLoBaL BoiLinG" jungle WEF talk points again...

@Hkchinese888 26 күн бұрын

Durian is the only fruit the editors here ever known

@ToiChutGongWu 26 күн бұрын

Hi "Hong Kong Chinese" Kumar. How's your curry built Cirata solar panel plant?

@Hkchinese888 26 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWu What? qi chu jiang hu

@isleephungry 26 күн бұрын

I'm going to sell my 5 kilos of free rations to buy a durian😂

@Hkchinese888 25 күн бұрын

@@isleephungry fix your broken toilet first

@AndersonLie-lw5br 25 күн бұрын

@@Hkchinese888you don't even have toilet

@HidyoX 26 күн бұрын

Oh that’s it. Climate change has taken things too far. You never ever mess around with my access to sweet sweet durian.

@SouthChinaMorningPost 26 күн бұрын

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@readwrite1815 26 күн бұрын

My country, North Korea, imports durians from Hong Kong.

@sinalbertckwong6406 26 күн бұрын

Sorry NK, you had been cheated. HK doesnt groe durians. Meaning HK reexport those durian it import from South East Asia. 😅😅😅😅

@bobbymoss6160 26 күн бұрын

Heat makes the poo poo fruit even stinkier, you think people would like that even more?

@raihan8097 26 күн бұрын

Big thanks to 3vil China 🇨🇳 for being the world's largest annual greenhouse gas emitter which caused climate change that led to a vicious heatwave in Southeast Asia

@sgn9817 26 күн бұрын

Dumb comment. Eat some rice, maybe it will increase your intelligence a bit

@ToiChutGongWu 26 күн бұрын

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@j99j78 26 күн бұрын

Thank you for being ignorant

@MrLobak-ny8iu 26 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWubut what he said is not wrong though..china are the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter.😂

@wynn3077 25 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWu Is he right Wubot .😜

@raihan8097 26 күн бұрын

My condolences to the millions of people in Southeast Asia who have been affected by the vicious heatwave which caused by 3vil China 🇨🇳 for being the world's largest annual greenhouse gas emitter

@HaiNguyen-jg1er 26 күн бұрын

Do you forget the West had dumped greenhouses for over 100 years before China started industrialization? Also, they are now the number 1 producer of Green technology transition.

@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire 26 күн бұрын

✋👮Stop right there!✋👮 Please ignore the comment above. It's bait and its author wants to be ratioed for attention. Don't fall for the trap! Move along and stay vigilant for other baiters!

@ToiChutGongWu 26 күн бұрын

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@wynn3077 25 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWu Okay hello 😂

@williamlai29 26 күн бұрын

Yet Malaysia has the tastiest Durian in the world.

@realrosesaretrulyred 26 күн бұрын

Womp womp

@venonat80 26 күн бұрын

Ignore Global Warming dangers at everyone’s peril. Just because you don’t like a concept, doesn’t it’s fake or false.

@ToiChutGongFlu 26 күн бұрын

We Chinese love exotic foods such as durians, bats and dogs 🤗🤗🤗

@ToiChutGongWu 26 күн бұрын

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@wynn3077 25 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWu Surely this isn’t another copy and paste. Will you keep your threads and comments this time or delete as usual when you hit two thousand. 😛

@nextlastChang 26 күн бұрын

China 🇨🇳 accounted for 2/3 of new global coal plant capacity in 2023. - China built 70 GW of new coal-power capacity last year, almost 20 times the rest of the world's 3.7 GW combined.

@Hkchinese888 26 күн бұрын

Meanwhile, the Australian coal miners are very happy 🤣🤣

@ToiChutGongWu 26 күн бұрын

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@ToiChutGongWu 26 күн бұрын

@@Hkchinese888 Hello "Hong Kong Chinese" Kumar 🤣

@wynn3077 25 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWu Hello Wubot , it’s almost time for you to delete and run 😂