THE INTERNATIONAL NITROGEN INITIATIVE

  1. The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) is an international program, set up in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP).

  1. The key aims of the INI are to :
    (i) Optimize nitrogen’s beneficial role in sustainable food production, and
    (ii) Minimize nitrogen’s negative effects on human health and the environment resulting from food and energy production.

  1. The program is currently a sustained partner of Future Earth.

  1. It 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.

  1. The INI holds a conference once in every three years.

  1. The next INI conference will be held in Berlin, Germany, in 2020

Also Read :