PROCITROPICOS (Programa Cooperativo de Investigación y Transferencia. de Tecnología para los Trópicos Suramericanos) is a network including the National Research institutions from Brasil (EMBRAPA), Bolivia (INIAF), Colombia (CORPOICA), Ecuador (INIAP), Perú (INIA), Surinam (CELOS) and Venezuela (INIA). The mission of PROCITROPICOS is to promote and to implement cooperation activities in the field of research, development and innovation for the sustainable tropical agriculture.