Whale of a Time

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Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza

( Research Institute )

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Activities: Research
 
Type: Research Institute
 
Scope: national
 
We Speak: Spanish, English
 
Website: www.catie.ac.cr
 
Main Email: N/A
 
Contact Name: Pedro Ferreira Rossi, Director
 
Contact Email: pferreir [at] catie.ac.cr
 
Phone: 506) 556-0782
 
Tollfree: (506) 556-6166
 
Local office: CATIE,
Turrialba
Costa Rica
 
Local Time: Wed Nov 25 02:50:02
 

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Mission:

To contribute to rural poverty reduction by promoting competitive and to contribute to rural poverty reduction by promoting competitive and sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, through higher education, research and technical cooperation.

As it fulfills this mission, CATIE’s work ultimately benefits the following target groups:
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Small and medium-sized low-resource farmers including those living in extreme poverty, and those with minimum means to diversify and become competitive
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Rural communities and local organizations
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Business-oriented farmers and agroindustrial entrepreneurs generating rural employment

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Mejorar el bienestar de la humanidad, aplicando la investigación científica y la enseñanza de postgrado al desarrollo, conservación y uso sostenible de los recursos naturales en el Trópico Americano.

Sector:

• Desarrollo Sostenible a nivel ambiental

• Desarrollo Sostenible a nivel social

• Intereses de mujeres.

Research focuses mainly on: agroecology, forest and biodiversity, cacao, coffee, global change, watershed, eco-enterprises, environmental livestock, gender, laoratories, plant genetic resources, socioeconomics

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