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Tag: Agriculture

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    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Problems rocking the salt industry?

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 26, 2023 6:31 PM

    Sen. Cynthia Villar, who chairs the committee, said Republic Act No. 8172, known as the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), has become a “deterrent” to the development of the industry that produced 300,000 metric tons of salt in 1994, a year before ASIN became law.

    Agriculture, asin, Cynthia Villar, farmer, iodized salt

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    Categories Editor's Pick Podcast

    Mabubuhay ka ba ng walang sibuyas?

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 24, 2023 7:00 AM

    Sa pagpasok ng bagong taon, umabot sa P750 hanggang P800 kada kilo ang presyo ng sibuyas na dating nasa P60 lang. Tanong ng maraming Pinoy: Bakit nagkakaganito?

    Agriculture, department of agriculture, onions, sibuyas

  • Sen. Cynthia Villar
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Cynthia Villar mali ang sinabi na ‘magkasing laki’ ang industriya ng niyog at bigas sa PH

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 23, 2023 5:23 PM

    Sa isang pagtalakay sa paggamit ng asin sa produksyon ng niyog, sinabi ni Sen. Cynthia Villar na kasing laki ng industriya ng bigas ang industriya ng niyog sa bansa. Ito ay hindi totoo.

    Agriculture, coconut, Cynthia Villar, production, Rice, salt

  • Sen. Cynthia Villar
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Cynthia Villar falsely claims PH coconut industry is ‘as big’ as rice

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 23, 2023 5:23 PM

    In a discussion on the use of salt in coconut production, Sen. Cynthia Villar said the country’s coconut industry is as big as that of rice. This is false.

    Agriculture, coconut, Cynthia Villar, production, Rice, salt

  • Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can dragon fruit serve as an alternate crop for rice?

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2022 1:50 PM

    Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos said recently that farmers can earn more by planting dragon fruit alternately with rice. “’Yung Taiwan malaki ang demanda ng dragon fruit (Taiwan […]

    Agriculture, dragon fruit, farmers, Malaysia, Philippines, Sandro Marcos, taiwan, Vietnam

  • Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Puwede bang alternatibong pananim sa palay ang dragon fruit?

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2022 1:50 PM

    Ang dragon fruit ba ay isang magandang alternatibong pananim sa palay? Maaari bang i-export ang prutas sa Taiwan?

    Agriculture, dragon fruit, farmers, Malaysia, Philippines, Sandro Marcos, taiwan, Vietnam

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte gets agriculture budget wrong; undersecretary agrees

    By VERA FILES  |  Jan 08, 2018 5:35 PM

    The DA got the ninth largest share in the 2017 and 2018 budget.

    Agriculture, Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Duterte

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte nagkamali sa budget ng agrikultura; undersecretary sumang-ayon lang

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 08, 2018 3:19 PM

    Ang 2018 na pambansang budget ay nagbibigay ng P53.34 bilyon sa DA at mga ahensya sa ilalim nito, ikasiyam na may pinakamalaking bahagi para sa taon.

    Agriculture, Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Duterte

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Sen. Villar never say she wanted a ban on unli rice?

    By Vera Files  |  Jun 23, 2017 3:06 AM

    Senator Cynthia Villar was quick to clear up her statement on banning unlimited rice promos in food chains after she was roundly criticized, complete with hilarious memes on social media.

    Agriculture, Cynthia Villar, Rice

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