Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA) is a non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...

 providing development assistance for poor countries with emphasis to rural education in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

. Established in 1994 and based in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, the organization is sponsored by DANIDA (a special department of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and its overseas representations are in charge of Denmark's foreign affairs...

), advisory and teaching institutions, private companies and individual citizens.

ADDA ensures help in agricultural consultancy, education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

, research, practical farming, language education, administration and management. It has a permanent office in Hanoi

Hanoi

Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

, helping Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 and Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

in resolving problems of needy agricultural regions. The budget for Vietnam programs was 267,500 USD in the year of 2005.

Objectives

• work for increased degree of self supply for the poorest parts of the population in Southeast Asia,
• supply support that will lead to people being able to take care of their own situation,
• implement agricultural and food supply projects in Southeast Asia.