CGIAR Suport Petition 1-100

Signatures

Name

Comments

1

A. Forrest Troyer

2

A. Mark Settles

3

Aaron Lorenz

Graduate Research AssistantUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

4

Adam J. Lukaszewski

Professor, University of California, Riverside

5

Adam Sparks

6

Alan Stemler

Cut military spending, not programs like this!

7

Albert Ruesink

I have followed this development work on food production for forty years and am flabbergasted that support is now being cut.

8

Allan Fritz

9

Allen Van Deynze

The plant breeding industry has never had such a demand for trained personnel at eh BSC, MSC and PHD levels worldwide. CGIAR centers have and continue to be teh main and sometimes only source of sustainable food varieties for developing countries as these issues are not being addressed by industry alone.  The problem of training lant breders has been recognized nationally and globally.  As Plant breeding, thus food production is a global problem, even in developped countries as germplasm development is carried out globally to maximize speed and testing of varieties. Cutting funds for these important programs is not responsible to our future generations.

10

Allison Krill

11

Amber Robertson

PhD CandidateUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

12

Amelia Henry

Graduate StudentPenn State University

13

Ana Caicedo

14

Andrea L Dolezal

NCSU- Graduate Student

15

Andreas Nebenfuehr

16

Andrew Bent

17

Andrew D Hunt

18

Andrew L Hauck

I am a graduate student in the department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My Ph.D. work is in the quantitative genetics of corn stover, as it relates to cellulosic biofuel production. My studies have informed me of the pressing need for improvements in agriculture, for supplying food, feed, and fuel needs. Now, more than ever, funding is needed for improvements in agriculture, especially for people in developing countries who stand to be hurt the most by increasing prices. I stongly urge you to reconsider funding priorties and fully support CGIAR.

19

Andrew Paterson

20

Angela Stathos

21

Animesh Ray

Alleviating world hunger is more than a mere altruistic intent--a destabilized world economy due to food-shortage will make USA security more vulnerable to terrorism.  We can secure US a lot better by feeding than by dombing.

22

Ann E. Stapleton

23

Anne Frances

PhD CandidateEnvironmental HorticultureUniversity of Florida

24

Anthony M. Shelton

It is short sighted for US interests if we reduce funding for the CG Centers.

25

Araby Belcher

26

Arathi Seshadri

Assistant ProfessorColorado State University

27

Assist. Prof. Argelia Lorence

28

Badege Bishaw

29

Bala krishna Venkata

30

Bala Rathinasabapathi

31

Benildo G. de los Reyes

Benildo G. de los Reyes, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono ME 04469Note: A  minor error in the document  that should be corrected: 'global climactic' must be changed to 'global climatic' (without the 't').  Also 'climactic stresses' must be changed to 'climatic stresses (also without the 't')..

32

Benjamin Edge

I strongly support aid for the CGIAR system and for agricultural research at these centers.

33

Benjamin Martin, MS candidate, The University of Georgia

34

Bertrand Hankoua

35

Beth C. Mullin

36

Bill Raun

The International Food Policy Institute estimates that the US benefits from each 1 USD invested in the CGIAR resulted in 190 USD at home (improved varieties, disease resistance, etc) (Pardey et al., 1996, IFDC).  That benefit is now greater.  Decreasing support for the CGIAR in this day and age is beyond stupid.

37

Blake Meyers

Associate Professor, University of Delaware

38

Bob WIse

39

Bradford Brown

40

Brett J. Savary

Research Associate ProfessorArkansas Biosciences InstituteArkansas State University - Jonesboro

41

Brian M. Waters

42

Bruce Chassy

USAID should be increasing its support for the CGIAR system--particularly in projects relevant to coping climate change, abiotic and environmental stresses.

43

Brunie Burgos

44

Bryan C.Gibbon

Department of BiologyBaylor University

45

C. Eduardo Vallejos

46

C. Jerry Nelson

Funding research for international well-being is part of our responsibility to the world. We all know that empty stomachs lead to lack of hope and lots of frustration. Why should the richest country in the world not share with our brothers who did not happen to be born as an American?

47

C. S. Prakash

Funding global ag research has been the best investment for American taxpayers that has resulted in peace and prosperity around the globe.

48

Caitilyn Allen

As a professor of Plant Pathology I know that CGIAR scientists' work is critically important for food yields in the developing world.  These tremendously efficient centers do work that is done nowhere else, and already operate on shoestring budgets.

49

Calvin O. Qualset

50

Carl E. Pray

51

Carol Potenza, Ph.D.

Please rethink the funding commitments to these very important institutes.  As a country, the United States should continue to retain funding leadership in agriculture.  It is necessary for our overall safety and status in the world.Thank-you

52

Chad Godsey

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Plant and Soil SciencesOklahoma State University

53

Charles Gasser

54

Chee Ming Li

55

Chih-Wei Tung

56

China Lunde

57

Chris Barrett

The CGIAR is among the handful of premier public investments in recorded history.  Its performance is closely related to its unrestricted funding base, which must be increased, not cut.  The planned cuts would be a true tragedy of US foreign policy. (Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, and Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics)

58

Christina Nyhus

59

Christina Richards

Post-doctoral associateNew York UniversityCenter for Genomics and Systems Biology

60

Christopher Topp

61

Chung-Jui Tsai

Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia

62

Clair Hershey

63

Clark Ford

64

Clark Lagarias

65

Clifford Weil

66

Clint Magill, Professor of Genetics, TAMU

From prior  work with ICRISAT, CIMMYT  and INTSORMIL colleagues and students I know they are anxious and capable of using technology such as marker assisted selection.  If we can develop appropriate PCR primers, it would cost less than $35,000 per lab to set them up to do the work "at home".  Since it is becoming more and more difficult to exchange living materials, this type of collaboration could really help improve food production and stability in developing countries.

67

Damon

68

Dan Voytas

Professor, University of Minnesota

69

Daniel Cosgrove

70

Daniel P. Knievel

Professor Emeritus,  The Pennsylvania State University

71

Daniel Taub

72

Dave Kudrna

73

David Braun

74

David Diaz

75

David G. Oppenheimer, PhD

76

David Galbraith

77

David Holshouser

78

David J. Sammons

Director, International ProgramsInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesUniversity of FloridaMember, Board of TrusteesInternational Center for Agricultural Research in  the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

79

David M Hart

80

David R. Gang

81

David R. Lee

Professor, Dept. of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University.

82

David Van Sanford

83

David Weber

84

Dean DellaPenna

85

Dennis A. Shannon

ProfessorDepartment of Agronomy & SoilsAuburn University

86

Dennis B. Egli

Professor, Dept. Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Kentucky

87

Dina St.Clair

88

Dindo Tabanao

89

Dipak  K. Santra

I am Assistant Research Professor. Food grain price is soaring. Shortage of food grain is already causing this.  USAID's decision to stop financial contribution to the CGIAR system will worse global food  crisis.

90

Donald M. Waller

Past-President, Society for the Study of EvolutionProfessor of Botany & Environmental StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison

91

Douglas R. Cook

92

Dr John E. Bowers

Research ScientistCrop GeneticsUniversity Of Georgia

93

Dr. Anita Klein

CGAIR  is one a critical NGO in providing for food security in the underdeveloped world.  Now is the time to reinvest in CGAIR, so that there is some hope the world will be able to cope with the dual threats of population growth to 9 billion by 2050 and climate change which will have drastic impact on agricultural productivity.

94

Dr. Art Klatt

The research done at the CGIAR Centers is not only critical to the needs of the developing world, but also highly essential to the agricultural research agendas of the USA.  It is extremely important for USAID to maintain, or better yet, to increase its contribution to the core unrestricted budgets of the IARCs, especially centers like CIMMYT and IRRI.

95

Dr. C. James Peterson

Professor, Wheat Breeding and GeneticsW.E. Kronstad Endowed Chair for Wheat ResearchOregon State UniversityChair, National Wheat Improvement Committee

96

Dr. Donald Graetz

97

Dr. K. A. Garrett

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Plant PathologyKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS  66506

98

Dr. Kate Dreher

BiocuratorCarnegie Institution for Science

99

Dr. Leo C. Schleicher

100

Dr. Marla McIntosh