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made share holders in this the dominant citrus exporter 83 , however, although at least<br />

one growers' association has been an active exporter from the northern Cypriot<br />

market (Guzelyurt Narenciyeciler Koop - which exported relatively significant<br />

quantities in the 91/92 and 92/93 season) this is not the dominant organisation at the<br />

marketing end of the citrus industry and was non-existent in the immediate<br />

aftermath of 1974. Some Turkish-Cypriot farmers were used to dealing with public<br />

sector organisations for marketing purposes (the Grain Commission), though most<br />

of the re-settled farmers in the citrus industry would have been part of an integrated<br />

co-operative marketing and production network. Producing oranges rather than<br />

grapes (a key Turkish-Cypriot economic activity before 1974), marketing through<br />

the public rather than the co-operative sector, made the transition less smooth than it<br />

first appeared 84 .<br />

Figure 5.21 Output per Hectare in northern Cyprus of orange & total citrus<br />

production in metric tornes, 1975-1990.<br />

1975<br />

Source: "Statistical Yearbooks", 1978-90 (Agriculture Section) "State" Planning Organisation, north Ntcosia.<br />

83 Interview with Ozalp Sarica, op. cit.<br />

u ibid.<br />

275

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