Transparency & Governance

Small today.Accountable always.

WRA is a two-person initiative founded in 2026. We treat that smallness as a commitment: everything on this page — and this site — states the organization exactly as it is, and expands only as reality does.

Organization Information

Organization name

World Rhubarb Association (WRA)

Founder / Representative

Kohei Sudo

Core team

2 people

Founded

2026

Legal entity

None — voluntary international initiative

External members

0 (founding network being established)

Overseas members

0

Official partners

0

Governance

The structure below is designed to grow — members, then representatives, then committees, then formal governance. Seats are shown exactly as they stand: filled, planned, or not yet established. No role is ever displayed with an invented name.

Founder / Executive Director

Kohei Sudo

Filled

Advisory Board

Not yet established

Vacant

Board

Not yet established

Vacant

Research Committee

Planned

Vacant

Grower Committee

Planned

Vacant

World Rhubarb Day Committee

Planned

Vacant

Country Representatives

None appointed — positions open

Vacant
Documents & Publications

Organization Information

This page

Published

Leadership

This page

Published

Membership Policy

To be published before any member is listed

In preparation

Governance Charter

Follows the founding network

In preparation

Code of Conduct

Modelled on ISO / FAO / IAIA practice

In preparation

Annual Report FY2026

First full fiscal year

To be published Q1 2027

Financial Information

With the first annual report

To be published

World Rhubarb Day Proposal

Published openly when complete

In research

Research Sources

Cited per article in the Knowledge Hub

Ongoing
Zero-Exaggeration Manifesto

Trust is the only growth strategy we have.

A two-person organization cannot borrow credibility from invented scale. So WRA does the opposite: it publishes its exact size, and lets the accuracy of every page become its reputation.

1.

No invented members, countries, partners or endorsements — ever.

2.

Where data does not exist, the site says “Data unavailable.”

3.

Names are published only with formal, documented consent.

4.

World Rhubarb Day is presented as a proposal until it is formally established.

5.

Every number on this site can be traced to a real, current fact.

Reference Models

WRA's organizational design, transparency practice and knowledge publishing are modelled on established international institutions.

ISO

Public member, committee and governance structures.

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FAO

Open ethics, conduct and conflict-of-interest policies.

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IAIA

Transparency through governance, financials and annual reports.

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Royal Horticultural Society

Systematic, source-backed horticultural knowledge.

Visit reference
Formal Inquiries

Membership questions, governance inquiries and press: please use the contact form on the main page. Every inquiry is answered by the founding team directly.