Thank you for your interest in The Tropics Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit charitable corporation created to support sustainable rural development and conservation of the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Foundation works to raise funds for and support the programs of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, commonly known by the Spanish acronym CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza).

CATIE's mission is to reduce rural poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting competitive and sustainable agriculture and natural resource management through higher education, research, and technical cooperation. By partnering with The Tropics Foundation, you can work to ensure the growth of CATIE, one of only a handful of regional institutions in the world combining scientific research, graduate education, and training as it rolls up its sleeves to direct hands-on projects that produce tangible results.

The Tropics Foundation and CATIE at work

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