Tropical Agro. Center of Invest. and Education

CATIE is an international university, based on the land grant university model of the United States, which integrates three basic functions: research, education and external projection, understood as the extension and application of knowledge in the field. CATIE's mandate focuses on supporting the sustainable management of agriculture and natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its members are the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and the State of Acre in Brazil . Strategic alliances are key to CATIE's work, facilitating a wide dissemination of scientific knowledge and practical experience to meet the urgent needs of member countries in agriculture and natural resource management. The partners include more than 200 public and private institutions: universities, research and development centers, governmental and non-governmental institutions, conservation organizations, cooperatives, small and medium-sized enterprises and corporations. Its governance entities provide a powerful platform for change: the Inter-American Board of Agriculture, representatives of the 34 countries of the Organization of American States; Higher Council, the Ministers of Agriculture or Environment of the member countries and IICA; And the Board of Directors of CATIE, scientists, academics and corporate executives. These partners multiply the impacts of CATIE: - Training leaders capable of solving problems in a complex and changing world - Contributing to public policies: local, national, regional - Generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge - Poverty reduction in rural areas - Local attention to global issues such as food security, climate change, biodiversity and sustainable land management