Overview

The INI Africa Center was established in 2004. Much of Africa suffers from too little nitrogen, with over 80% of agricultural lands nitrogen deficient due to a variety of barriers, ranging from poor infrastructure, limited extension and high input costs. In highly populated regions, such as the Lake Victoria watershed, a lack of wastewater treatment and industrial emissions controls, among other sources, have also contributed to significant N loading (Masso et al 2021).

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Vincent Aduramigba (Director)

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The INI East Asia Center was established in 2004 and represents China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. The Center is charged with the assessment of nitrogen flows and budgets within the region, and to determine the environmental, human health, and economic consequences of alterations to the nitrogen cycle within East Asia. It plays a key role in helping to develop solutions to improve sustainable nitrogen use within the region.

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Overview

The INI Europe Center was established in 2004 and covers the European Union, as well as non-EU Eastern European countries. It coordinated the ESF-programme “Nitrogen in Europe” and the COST action 729 “Assessing and managing nitrogen fluxes in the atmosphere-biosphere system in Europe”. It led the writing and publication of the European Nitrogen Assessment (ENA) published in 2011. It aims to facilitate enhanced cooperation and integration among European researchers, policy makers and practitioners to cover environmental issues related to reactive nitrogen, and develop mechanisms to motivate European nitrogen scientists and others to contribute to more integrated policy development.

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Overview

The INI Latin American Center was established in 2004. The region is vital in the provision of global supplies of food, fiber and biofuel, both in current and future scenarios. The central challenge in this region is how to balance the regions high agricultural potential whilst conserving its mega-biodiversity and related ecosystem services. Currently, a diverse range of natural ecosystems and socio-economic conditions in the region are coupled with a lack of information on actual impacts of human activity on nitrogen cycling. The INI Latin America Center works to raise awareness of nitrogen issues, and the solutions that will drive change towards a more sustainable nitrogen future.

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The INI North America Center was established in 2004. It focuses on assessing how human activity has altered nitrogen flows within North America, determing the environmental, human health, and economic consequences of this alteration, and helping to develop solutions to reduce the problem.

Regional Steering Committee

  • Jana Compton (US EPA)
  • William San Martín (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
  • Kate Tully (University of Maryland)

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Peter Groffman (Acting Director)

Overview

The INI Oceania Center was established in 2020, with Oceania  home to 42 million people in 14 countries, across more than 1000 islands in Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. In line with global trends, there is increasing use of N fertilizers in crop and animal production systems in Oceania, although these impacts are largely regionally specific. Inputs range from insufficient to excessive, reflecting the diverse socio-economic conditions, climates, crop types and production systems as well as regional policy settings. The INI Oceania Center plays a key role in helping to develop solutions to improve sustainable nitrogen use within the region.

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Overview

The INI South Asian Center was established in 2012 and covers eight countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The center is tasked with assessing the impact of anthropogenic activities on nitrogen flows, determining the ecological, environmental, health impacts and their economic consequences, cataloguing technologies and supporting policy initiatives in the member countries to address the issue. The work of the South Asian Nitrogen Hub harnesses much of the INI South Asia expertise and will continue through INI South Asia once the project period ends.

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