CATIE’s work directly impacts the livelihoods of thousand of communities across Latin America and the Caribbean. CATIE empowers experts and internationally known researchers to increase human-well being and address current global challenges with innovation and scalable solutions that drive lasting change at the community, national, and regional level
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CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) is an academic center for innovation and sustainable development in topics related to agriculture, management, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Our area of influence by mandate is the Latin American and Caribbean region. Our operations and contributions to the region and the world have a history of just over 75 years, initially as the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and since 1973, as CATIE
You could be part of CATIE’s work by supporting its mission to stimulate and promote inclusive sustainable development and conservation in the American Tropics. By joining CATIE’s efforts, you can contribute to research that addresses critical issues such as climate change, food security, and sustainable agriculture in the Latin American and Caribbean regions. With your support, CATIE can continue to empower communities to build resilient and sustainable futures for generations to come.
CATIE is projected to the region and beyond through our representations in the member countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, our strategic alliances, and our actions via the scaling and development projects that we implement. Our value offer is based on the comprehensiveness of our interventions in the formation of human capital, generation of knowledge, and advocacy for the transformations that allow inclusive green development.
CATIE’s research and development lines of work are articulated with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
CATIE has the oldest international Postagraduate Program in Agricalture and Natural Resources in Latin America with more than 3,000 graduates
CATIE’s work expands globally through strategic alliances and scalable development
Our research and development lines of work are articulated with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and focus on the following topics:
Agroforestry and Genetic Improvement of Coffee and Cacao
Environment for
development
Agrobiodiversity and Food Security
Climate Action
Biostatistics
Forests & biodeiversity in productive landscapes
Watersheds, water security and soils
Inclusion and gender
Livestock and environmental management
Sustainable economy, environment and agribusiness
Chair
Vice-president for International Community
Representative of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica
Representative of the Director General of IICA
Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Representative of the Superior Council
Representative of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA)
Member Country
Member Country
Representative of the Superior Council
For International Community
For International Community
For International Community
For International Community
Director General of CATIE, Secretary Ex-Officio
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