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Is the Price of Bread Set to Rise?
Given the coronavirus pandemic, countries are stockpiling foodstuffs, including wheat, in larger quantities as compared to the previous years
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Maia Tskitishvili:“As compared to 2012, funding for the water supply sector has increased tenfold whilst the gasification volume has increased two-and-a-half-fold.”
Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is FALSE.
02/11/2020FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
Bidzina Ivanishvili:In basically every agricultural field, output has increased threefold and more than threefold
Verdict: Bidzina Ivanishvili’s statement is FALSE.
07/10/2020FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
Giorgi Khanishvili:Giorgi Khanishvili: “Of the GEL 10 million allocated to insure the price growth on nine basic food products, GEL 4.5 million was spent on the stability of the price of wheat and GEL 1,150,000 for the rest of the products, although the programme’s functio
Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Khanishvili’s statement is FALSE.
22/09/2020FalseThe statement is inaccurate -
The Second Quarter Budget of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure was Executed in Excess Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
The only exception is the rehabilitation of general education infrastructure and the Mountain Settlement Development Fund whose budget execution rate is 49%
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In the First Five Months of 2020 Wine Exports Dropped by 11.3% as Compared to the Previous Year
ქართული ღვინის ექსპორტის ზრდა ან კლება რუსეთის ფაქტორზე არის დამოკიდებული
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Wheat Import Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic Increased as Compared to the Previous Year
In the first five months of 2020, Russian-imported wheat accounts for 93% of the total import. The share of US-imported wheat is 7%.
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Giorgi Gakharia:“A total of 600,000 people work in agriculture and the National Statistics Office of Georgia considers them as self-employed. We provide help to them (400,000 persons) through agriculture programmes.”
Verdict: FactCheck leaves Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s statement WITHOUT A VERDICT
08/06/2020Without verdictThe verification of the application can not be evaluated -
Zaza Gabunia:“None of the large infrastructure projects have been stopped.”
Verdict: FactCheck leaves Zaza Gabunia’s statement WITHOUT VERDICT
18/05/2020Without verdictThe verification of the application can not be evaluated -
Is There a Sufficient Wheat Reserve in Georgia?
Russia has banned exports of wheat and kibbled grains due to the coronavirus pandemic
15/04/2020FactCheck NewspaperFactCheck Newspaper -
Levan Davitashvili:The “cheap money” promise was delivered on in the field of agriculture
FactCheck concludes that Levan Davitashvili’s statement is HALF TRUE
02/03/2020Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Mamuka Khazaradze:GDP in agriculture had decreased and, therefore, the amount of cultivated land plots shrank by 30%, the number of livestock decreased by 3% and milk production dropped by 15%
Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Khazaradze’s statement is MOSTLY TRUE.
23/12/2019Mostly TrueThe application is accurate, but requires additional information and/or definition -
Davit Chichinadze:“All kinds of crops have decreased in agriculture. Milk production was 650 million litres in 2007 and it is 550 million litres in 2018”
Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Davit Chichinadze’s statement is TRUE.
18/11/2019TrueThe statement is accurate and nothing is missing -
Maia Tskitishvili:
Money allocated in 2019 is unprecedentedly high. The Ministry has never had GEL 2 billion which is GEL 420 million more as compared to the previous year
Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is HALF TRUE.
04/11/2019Half TrueThe statement is partly accurate, but the details are missing or some of the issues are without context -
Enterprise Georgia LEPL Paid GEL 495,376 in 2018 for Office Fee
According to the State Audit Service’s report, the principal coordinator of the Produce in Georgia project cannot exert a thorough control of the activities of the project’s beneficiaries or the money provided
29/10/2019FactCheck NewspaperFactCheck Newspaper
