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IO.2.1.3. Vermicomposting in the Agricultural education in Türkiye , North
Macedonia, Greece, Spain and the Netherlands

From the results received, vermicomposting is not fully included in the Agricultural

curricula or education programmes in the respective countries, meaning it is included as
part of some teaching subjects or partially mentioned in some materials. In North Macedonia

vermicomposting is partially included in the

subject contents in the Fertilization section and in
the subjects Microbiology, Horticulture and

Organic Horticulture. In the curricula for the

secondary VET agricultural education,
vermicomposting is included as part of some

professional teaching subjects such as
Horticultural production for the third year sector

Agriculture, fisheries and veterinary medicine, Organic Agricultural Production, Agro-
chemistry (with a short content - one lesson in each of the two subjects), Crop production,

Pedology and Practical learning and learning

through work.

In Türkiye, vermicomposting is included
partially in the subjects Organic plant production,

in the Fertilization section of Soil Sciences and as
part of different subjects in the university

programme for Agricultural engineers.

In Greece, the reference to the technique is made on the sidelines of dealing with the subject of

composting. In some cases, teachers design environmental education programmes on
vermicomposting or composting in general to

motivate students to look for the effect of
adopting such practices on the environmental

footprint of agriculture. Vermicomposting is also

included as a part of environmental education

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