The International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT,

Is one of the 15 centers that conform the CGIAR. Its mission is to reduce hunger and poverty in the tropics through collaborative research that improves agricultural productivity and natural resource management. CIAT has a global wide mandate and has presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

www.ciat.cgiar.org/inicio.htm

Centro de Investigaciones y Asesorías Agroindustriales

Is a horticultural research center that belongs to the Natural Sciences Faculty of the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano that carries out applied and basic research in order to produce technological innovations in processes, products and services for the Colombian horticulture.

www.utadeo.edu.co/dependencias/ciaa/  

Faculty of Agronomy - National University of Colombia

The Faculty of Agronomy at the National University of Colombia has a mission to generate and disseminate agricultural knowledge through the integration of research, teaching and interaction with the communities and agricultural sectors.

www.agronomia.unal.edu.co

Amazonic Institute of Scientific Studies (SINCHI)

The Amazonic Institute of Scientific Studies (SINCHI) is a national organization dedicated to scientific research in environmental areas of Colombian Amazonic region. The Institute develops research projects that include different aspects of biodiversity, production alternatives to improve life quality, studies of occupational processes and dynamics and generates information about the region.

www.sinchi.org.co

University of Cordoba

The University of Cordoba is a public institution of superior education that forms, in an integrate manner, individuals that are capable to interact in a globalized world, starting from the basic scientific disciplines, those associated with agricultural production, engineering, social science, education, and health. The University generates knowledge in science, technology, arts and culture and contributes to the social development and environmental sustainability of the region and the country.

www.unicordoba.edu.co

Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

The Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia has as its mission the complete formation of its students, professionally and ethically as well as the search for academic excellence.  We build the future by means of an institution wide project of the sciences, technology, social and cultural studies. 

www.uptc.edu.co