“Ang industriya ng niyog sa Pilipinas ay kasing laki ng sa bigas.”
What Vera Files found
Ang industriya ng niyog sa bansa ay hindi kasing laki ng sa bigas pagdating sa halaga ng produksyon. Noong 2021, ang produksyon ng palay sa bansa ay umabot ng 19.96 million MT na nagkakahalaga ng P332.77 billion sa kasalukuyang presyo. Sa parehong taon, ang produksyon ng niyog ay nasa 14.72 milyong MT, na nagkakahalaga ng P123.67 bilyon sa kasalukuyang mga presyo, ayon sa 2022 Selected Statistics on Agriculture and Fisheries ng Philippine Statistics Authority.
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In short
Cynthia Villar made this claim around 18 January 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 23 January 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “Mali”.
Cynthia Villar has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T55ndO1HJ4
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