{"id":9095,"date":"2021-09-28T15:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T21:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/45.77.187.143\/?page_id=9095"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:28:30","slug":"elementor-9095","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/elementor-9095\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CATIE is governed by three superior bodies:<\/h3><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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1. Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It is the supreme body of CATIE. It is made up of 34 member countries, which meet regularly every two years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2. Superior Council of Ministers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It is made up of a minister from each of the CATIE member countries - linked to the agricultural and \/ or natural resources sector -, the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and a representative of the IABA. It is chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica and the Director General of IICA serves as Vice President.<\/p>

CATIE's regular member countries are Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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3. Board of Directors<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It is made up of 13 members, who render their services ad honorem and meet at least once a year. Each member is carefully selected and participates in it in a personal capacity. Among them are four permanent members: the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica or his representative, the Director General of IICA or his representative, a representative of the IABA and a representative of the Superior Council, as well as four directors representing member countries. CATIE and five directors representing the international community.<\/p>

Its guidelines are implemented by Luis Ernesto Pocasangre, CATIE's General Director, who is also the Ex officio<\/em> Secretary of the Board of Directors. He is supported in this mission by the Deputy Director General and the Research for Development Directorates for Inclusive Green Development, Education, Outreach and Global Alliances, as well as Finance and Corporate Services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Members of the Board of Directors<\/h3><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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James French<\/h4>
PRESIDENT
For International Community: United States<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Vivian Polar<\/h4>
Vice-President<\/BR>Member Country: Bolivia<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Roberto Camacho<\/h4>
REPRESENTATIVE OF MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK OF COSTA RICA<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Lloyd Day<\/h4>
IICA Representative<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Muhammad Ibrahim<\/h4>
Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rodwell Ferguson<\/h4>
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUPERIOR COUNCIL<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Christine Wong<\/h4>
Representative of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA)<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ana Maier<\/h4>
Member Country: Honduras<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Maritza Dom\u00ednguez<\/h4>
Member Country: Panam\u00e1<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Karla Posada<\/h4>
Member Country: El Salvador<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Christoph Kohlmeyer<\/h4>
For international community: Germany<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Martijn ten Hoopen<\/h4>
For international community: Netherlands<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Richard Rogers<\/h4>
For International Community: United States<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Stephen Kresovich<\/h4>
For International Community: United States<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Luis Ernesto Pocasangre<\/h4>
Director General, CATIE <\/br>Secretary ex-officio<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Member of the Superior Council of Ministers<\/h3><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • V\u00edctor Carvajal Porras, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock<\/li>
  • Rodwell Ferguson<\/span>, Belice, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprises of the Government of Belize<\/li>
  • \u00d3scar Mario Justiniano Pinto, Bolivia, Ministry of Productive Development, Rural Development and Water<\/span><\/li>
  • Luis Ernesto Pocasangre, Secretary Ex-officio<\/em>\u00a0of the Superior Council, CATIE<\/li>
  • Christine Wong<\/span>, Canada, Representative of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA)<\/li>
  • \u00d3scar Dom\u00ednguez, El Salvador, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock<\/li>
  • Mar\u00eda Fernanda Rivera, Guatemala,<\/span> Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food<\/li>
  • Mois\u00e9s Molina Guill\u00e9n, Honduras, Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock<\/span><\/li>
  • Muhammad Ibrahim<\/span>, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)<\/li>
  • Lloyd Day, representante del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperaci\u00f3n para la Agricultura (IICA)<\/li>
  • Julio Berdegu\u00e9 Sacrist\u00e1n, Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURA), Mexico<\/li>
  • Indiana Fuentes, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Nicaragua<\/li>
  • Roberto J. Linares, Panama, Ministry of Agricultural Development,<\/li>
  • Rolando De Barros Barreto,, Secretariat of Environment, Paraguay<\/li>
  • Francisco Oliverio Espaillat Bencosme<\/span>, Ministry of Agriculture, Dominican Republic<\/li>
  • Julio C\u00e9sar Le\u00f3n Heredia, Venezuela, Ministry of Popular Power for Agriculture and Lands<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    El CATIE est\u00e1 gobernado por tres \u00f3rganos superiores: 1. Junta Interamericana de Agricultura (JIA) Es el \u00f3rgano supremo del CATIE. Est\u00e1 integrado por 34 pa\u00edses miembros, que se re\u00fanen de forma ordinaria cada dos a\u00f1os. 2. Consejo Superior de Ministros … <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9095","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9095"}],"version-history":[{"count":160,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40792,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9095\/revisions\/40792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}