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- They face record-low prices of two baht per coconut, six US cents, down from 20 baht before the pandemic.
- Thai farmers Supon Haochareon and Lamduan Haochareon, ages 81 and 74, tend over 300 coconut trees in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok.
- Wholesalers known as lhong set prices based on market conditions, creating a power imbalance with farmers.
- The price squeeze eliminates profits and makes fertilizer unaffordable, threatening their livelihoods.
