CATIE has earned international respect through its use of interdisciplinary research to solve real challenges in rural Latin American and Caribbean countries. Today CATIE has joint projects with more than 200 institutions in Latin America, the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, and its ability to partner effectively with public and private institutions continues to bring critically needed resources to the region.

The following organizations are among those that have helped CATIE influence public policy and institutional change at local, regional, and international levels:

• Central American Bank for Economic Integration
• Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
• German Cooperation Agency
• IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Japanese International Cooperation Agency
• The Nature Conservancy
• Norwegian Cooperation Agency
• Rainforest Alliance
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
• United States Agency for International Development
• United States Department of Agriculture
• World Bank
• World Wildlife Fund