This presentation on By-products was held for a training program out of Dhaka, at Natore district, involving 60 participants. A by-product is defined as the secondary product derived from a manufacturing process or chemical reaction. It is not the primary product or service being produced. In the context of production, a by-product is the 'output from a joint production process that is minor in quantity and/or net realizable value (NRV) when compared to the main products.
Les systèmes semenciers paysans nourrissent le monde et font preuve de résilience face aux catastrophes naturelles. Cependant, ils sont menacés par l’emprise croissante des entreprises sur la nature et par l’accélération de la destruction de la biodiversité agricole. De plus en plus, les sociétés des semences et de l’agrochimie cherchent à privatiser, monopoliser et contrôler les semences en déposant des brevets et en encourageant la marchandisation de la source même de la vie.
Smallholder farmers’ organizations aim to help farmers to achieve a common goal. A counselor or an agribusiness development can give support through the diagnostic tools, that allow to give a picture of the organizations and to set a working strategy that will be used to address the identified problems of the organizations and assist farmers develop sustainable solutions for these problems.