CATAS gain great achievements in scientific research on tropical agriculture, especially in the fundamental research field such as researches on cassava, rubber, banana and other tropical crops. It has made significant breakthrough in researches on a draft sequence of the cassava, decoding the fungi genome of bananafusariumwilt, latex producing mechanism of rubber tree and so on. In applied researches, CATAS closely combines with the demand of agriculture development in tropical areas to continuously innovate to research and extent amounts of new varieties and new technology for rubber, cassava, fruit, spice & beverage and other tropical crops, for meeting country’s development, for ensuring sufficient supply of tropical agriculture products and for providing powerful scientific support for increasing farmers’income.

CATAS successively undertakes a number of major state projects and some projects from international organizations such as UNDP and CIAT. It has acquired over 1000 scientific and technical achievements, including 50 state-level prizes with one First Prize for State Invention and one First Prize for State Scientific and Technology Progress, over 400 ministerial and provincial level prizes, over 200 kinds of innovative scientific products and 500 patents.