Organizational Members
Members can be:
- Countries (represented by an institution designated by their Ministry of Agriculture or equivalent)
- Transnational research organisations
- Private companies
- Stakeholders
Members must sign the Wheat Initiative Charter (PDF 240KB) and pay annual fees.
To become an active member of the Wheat Initiative please email coordinator@wheatinitiative.org.
Members (signatories to the memorandum of understanding/payment of membership fees) May 2013
Public research organizations
Private companies
| Country | Company |
|---|---|
| France | Florimond Desprez Veuve & Fils |
| Switzerland | Syngenta Crop Protection AG |
| UK | KWS UK Ltd |
| USA | Monsanto Company |
| USA | Dow AgroSciences |
| France | LIMAGRAIN |
Designated Representatives (May 2013)
Public research organizations
| Country | Representing institution | Institutions' Coordination Committee representative | Research Committee representative |
|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET) | Dr Roberto Salvarezza, President | Marcelo Helguera Viviana Echenique |
| Australia | Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) | M. John Harvey, Managing Director, GRDC | Peter Langridge |
| Canada | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | M. Gilles Saindon, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister | Stephen Morgan Jones Curtis Pozniak |
| China | Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) | Zhang Xueyong | Zhonghu He |
| France | National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) | François Houllier, Deputy Director General | Catherine Feuillet |
| Germany | Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | Mrs Bettina Pellio, Federal Office for Agriculture and Foody | Frank Ordon |
| India | Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) | Dr. Swapan K. Datta, Deputy Director General (Crop Science) | Indu Sharma |
| Italy | Ministero delle politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali (MiPAAF) | Dr. Franca Melillo, Secretariat del Dipartimento delle Politiche Europee e Internazionali | Luigi Cattivelli |
| Japan | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) | Masaru Iwanaga, President | Hirokazu Handa |
| Spain | Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Technologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) | Concepcio Royo Calpe | |
| Turkey | General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policy (GDAR) | Ali Osman Sari, Head of Field Crops Research Department | Emin Dönmez Hikmet Budak |
| UK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Steve Visscher, Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operating Officer | Graham Moore |
| USA | US Department of Agriculture (USDA) | David Marshall, Acting National Program Leader - Grain Crops | Stephen Baenziger |
| International | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) | Tom Lumpkin, Director General | Hans Braun |
| International | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) | Dr Maarten van Ginkel, Deputy Director General | Michael Baum |
Private companies
| Company | Research Committee representatives |
|---|---|
| Florimond Desprez Veuve & Fils | Olivier Robert |
| Syngenta Crop Protection AG | David Nevill |
| KWS UK LTD | Viktor Korzun |
| Monsanto Company | Claire CaJacob |
| RAGT | Richard Summers |
| Dow AgroSciences | Frank Roeber |
| LIMAGRAIN | Valérie Mazza Thomas Jolliffe |
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