Community Entrepreneur Development Institute (CENDI)

CENDI was established on January 19th, 2015, as an independent scientific and technological legal entity with its own stamp and bank account, operating according to the law under the umbrella of the Southeast Asian Research Association of Vietnam Decision No. 1107/QĐ -TWH/07/01/2015 and registering under the Ministry of Science and Technology No. A-1244/19/01/2015.

CENDI is a local NGO that advances capacity building, facilitates empowerment and extension of local indigenous knowledge, and environmental conservation farming techniques directly benefitting grassroots, smallholder farmers and local communities. CENDI promotes the Young Indigenous Ethnic Leadership Development Strategy for Agro-Ecological Enterprising (YIELDS-AGREE).