Center for Business and Entrepreneurial Development (CBED) is a non-profit organization, actively working in the hilly districts of Uttarakhand since past 15 years. CBED is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on December 28, 2005 by well recognized development practitioners with the aim to promote and strengthen the self-reliant cooperatives and community based organizations in rural Uttarakhand. CBED motivates rural communities for being well versed with various development initiatives, sustainable agriculture and environment friendly livelihood activities. CBED works for development of economic well-being of the deprived rural hill farmers and to strengthen civil society through promotion of community-based organizations with a special focus to promote self-reliant cooperatives, farmer owned and managed marketing activities. In the process of economic development, sub-sector, farm based and off-farm activities are being promoted considering valley or plain, mid and high hill topography of the region.