The California Agricultural Technology Institute (CATI) is a non-profit, educational institution dedicated to improving California agriculture. CATI is located at California State University, Fresno, in the center of the great San Joaquin Valley, in the heart of California agriculture.

CATI also provides central administration for the California State University Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI), a multi-campus collaborative research partnership between the four CSU colleges of agriculture and the state's agriculture and natural resources industries and allied business communities. Participating ARI colleges include the following:

• California State University, Fresno
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• California State University, Chico