For further information contact: María Nelly Medina, Coordinator

The Agronatura Science Park is a conglomerate of institutions with similar missions that aims to generate collaborative research and innovation synergies.

Vision

To be recognized as a science park that offers an optimal space for the promotion, location, and development of international institutions and alliances that share CIAT's mission for purpose of generating effective and pertinent innovations.

Mission

To offer a dynamic platform for the development of cross-sectoral alliances in agricultural research and natural resource management in Latin America.

General Objective

To catalyze research synergies between entities of the private and public sectors in the Andean region by facilitating innovation, co-financing, and dissemination of agricultural technologies and products.

Specific Objectives

• To strengthen the capacities of current and future members in fulfillment of its mission.
• To serve as facilitator in the creation of public-private partnerships for carrying out research.
• To provide an adequate environment to achieve synergies that promote the development of scientific capabilities in agriculture.
• To provide infrastructure and services.

Principal Advantages

• A critical mass of experts.
• The generation of research synergies between entities.
• An environment favoring research and development.
• Infrastructure and state of the art technology.
• The high international recognition of CIAT's research experiences.
• A platform for pilot-scale agribusiness development.
• Up-to-date, specialized information in topics related to agricultural research and natural resource management.
• The establishment and strengthening of networks.
• Contacts with universities to facilitate student practices.
• Specialized service and logistics.

The Park's establishment at CIAT enables it not only to have access to CIAT's own broad scientific community, but also to the Center's infrastructure, including:

• Well-equipped laboratories and greenhouses
• Fields prepared for irrigation
• Unit of information systems
• Convention center
• Guest rooms and food service
• Fitness facilities
• Children Day Care

Another advantage of the Park's being at CIAT is the Center's close location to the Cali international airport and the cities of Cali and Palmira. It is therefore close to various national agricultural research institutes and universities, some of which also conduct research activities at the Park's installations, with the participation of numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The modern installations; specialized library, with facilities for electronic bibliographic searches; 500 hectares of experiment fields; and rich biological diversity in an exuberant tropical environment enable the Park to operate in an environment that is propitious for excellent science.