DAVAO has the trees, the farmers and the fruit. What it lacks is the same weight in the global durian trade. That gap is growing as Philippine growers push deeper into China, the world's dominant ...

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.

SANYA, Hainan: A spiky green durian hangs from a tree on a plantation. The setting could easily be in Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia. But the fruit is growing in Hainan, China’s southernmost province - ...