Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)

Tropical Agricultural Research an Higher Education Center (CATIE) is a regional inter-governmental Latin American organization of scientific and academic nature, established in 1973 for scientific research, graduate education and outreach, in agriculture and natural resources.  CATIE´s  area of mandate are the countries of Tropical America and particularly Mesoamerica, and has a system of country members currently including Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay.  CATIE, an international entity with a unique combination of science, graduate education and extension, has a clear action plan for creating professionals with a distinct perspective who can also contribute to the sustainable growth of rural communities.
CATIE promotes the development of climate-smart territories as a tool to achieve sustainable and inclusive human well-being and the effective integration of actions in education, research and outreach, in alliance with over 400 multiple public and private partners.