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- Vermicomposting is not at all included in the practical activities of the students in the
respective countries;

- Educators lack of proper educational materials for vermicomposting, since most of them
are not complete and the educators identify and find them on their own;

- Most of the educational institutions lack of opportunity for practical application of
vermicomposting;

- There is lack of cooperation between the educational institutions for practical learning;

- There is lack of specific knowledge on vermicomposting of the educators;

- The major number of the respondents believe that the students and famers do not have
the necessary knowledge on vermicomposting.

From the results of the survey on local VET Professionals and Farmers we can conclude that
we covered the target groups in the respective countries successfully and we have good
composition of the respondents with farmers that have Mixed production, Crop production and
Livestock production, and the results from the research are relevant for the purpose.

The conclusion from the Survey for local VET Professionals and Farmers show that:

- The majority of the respondents are not so familiar with the vermicomposting
technology;

- The majority of the respondents have not obtained any non-formal learning so far on
vermicomposting;

- The majority of the respondents are not familiar with the advantages of
vermicomposting;

- The majority of the respondents is also not so familiar with the cost for production of
vermicompost;

- The respondents lack of knowledge and skills for vermicomposting;

- The respondents are aware of the ecological advantages from vermicomposting;

- The majority of the respondents do not have experience in vermicomposting;

- There is interest in the respondents in practicing vermicomposting;

- The majority of the participants are interested in participation in training on
vermicomposting;

- The majority of the respondents are not familiar with any Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) solutions for vermicomposting cultivation.

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