In Konya, under the protocol signed between the Metropolitan Municipality and the Provincial Directorate of National Education, two projects implemented across 31 districts are teaching students how to plant saplings, propagate plants, and care for them, just like real farmers.
As part of the "Local Seeds National Agriculture" project carried out in 64 schools designated by the Provincial Directorate of National Education, students use the "My First Garden Set" gifted to them to grow cress. This allows them to observe and experience all stages of the process, from sowing seeds to harvesting, through hands-on activities.
In certain schools within the central districts of Karatay, Meram, and Selçuklu, students are also gifted a "farmers' bag" containing agricultural products as part of the theoretical training provided within the project.
In addition, the "Konya Metropolitan Agriculture Children's Book" is provided to help students reinforce what they have learned.
Students, who also learn to make pots from recycling materials at school, collect vegetable and fruit seeds from what they consume at home to propagate them.
