About
The International Nitrogen Initiative
The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) is an international program, set up in 2003 under sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).
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Optimizing nitrogen’s beneficial role in sustainable food production
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Minimizing nitrogen’s negative effects on human health and the environment resulting from food and energy production
Meet the INI leaders
INI is coordinated by a Steering Committee, led by a chair and six regional centre directors representing Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia and East Asia.
David Kanter
Global
Chair
Vincent Aduramigba-Modupe
INI Africa Centre
Director
Mouna Mechri
INI Africa Centre
Deputy Director
Kentaro Hayashi
INI East Asia Centre
Director
Baojing Gu
INI East Asia Centre
Deputy Director
Luis Lassaletta
INI Europe Centre
Director
Alberto Sanz-Cobeña
INI Europe Centre
Deputy Director
Peter Groffman
INI North America Centre
Director
Cameron Gourley
INI Oceania Centre
Director
Susanne Schmidt
INI Oceania Centre
Deputy Director
Tariq Aziz
INI South Asia Centre
Director
Umesh Kulshrestha
INI South Asia Centre
Deputy Director
Nandula Raghuram
Chair Emeritus (2019 - 2022)
Mark Sutton
Chair Emeritus (2012 - 2018)
James Galloway
Founding Chair
Edin Thornton
Operations Manager
Want to be part of the INI team?
These positions are currently open at INI.
Our partners
INI partners with a number of different organizations and initiatives whose work directly and indirectly influences nitrogen research and policy.
