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on sales. 30% of this commission is refunded to co-operative marketing societies in respect of the vegetables for which they are responsible.
The weights and values of vegetables marketed through the Organization over the last five years are as follows:
Locally-produced
1953
1954
Piculs
Tons
Value ($)
846,739 50,401
15,565,307
1,019,692
60,696 18,259,193
1955
1,117,629 66,526 19,939,762
1956
1,293,354 76,985 21,589,103
1957
.....
1,193,662
71,051 21,719,517
Imported
1953
247,359 14,724 4,297,299
1954
193,479 11,517
4,266,494
1955
105,656 6,289
2,164,460
1956
122,363 7,284
1,685,920
مجھ
1957
134,098
7,982
1,925,268
As is the case with the Fish Marketing Organization, it is intended that any financial surpluses should be ploughed back into the industry in the form of improved services and other benefits. An instance of this policy is the aid which the Organization has given to local farmers in overcoming their main problem of recent years the lack of cheap fertilizer. The Organization is now operating a scheme for the maturation and distribution of nightsoil to farmers at a very low price.
Cheap credit facilities for the improvement and encourage- ment of agriculture under the control of the Director of Marketing are available from two sources: the J. E. Joseph Trust Fund and the Vegetable Marketing Organization Loan Fund. Since the establishment of the J. E. Joseph Trust Fund in July 1954, farmers have received 4,573 loans total- ling $3,274,192.22, whilst 404 further loans totalling $1,374,672.00 have similarly been made from the Vegetable Marketing Organization's fund.
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