In February 2016, directors and representatives of all members attended the 5th AIRCA Steering Committee Meeting. The meeting was hosted by the Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE), one of the founding AIRCA members, at their beautiful compound in Turrialba, Costa Rica.
CATIE is a regional centre dedicated to research and graduate education in agriculture, and the management, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Its members include Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the State of Acre in Brazil.