In the past, a system of grants allowed the allocation of students from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to give technical assistance to primary and secondary schools. Today, as an effort to rescue the program and answering to a demand by the children, there is a pilot scheme running in a voluntary basis in two state-owned schools. Two university students offer at least four hours per week labour, the schools give tools and land, and the University offers seeds, seedlings and support to the program. The University is now producing compost, which will be used in the beds. The vegetables produced enrich the daily meal given to the students at school.
Every exceeding production is given to the student's families and to the schools' employees.
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