CGIAR Suport Petition 301-500

Signatures

Name

Comments

301

Professor Craig Meisner

I live and work in Bangladesh as a Cornell University professor who has tried hard WITH USAID funding for a transgenic papaya and a well wisher for the ABSPII project.  Stopping this work now will hinder the ongoing work and potentially reduce the strides in food productivity we were reaching.

302

Professor James Oard

303

qihui zhu

Postdoctoral associateUniversity of Georgia

304

Raghavan Charudattan

305

Randall Wisser

306

Randy Tindall

As a returned Peace Corps volunteer (Malawi, '81-83), I have seen how important agricultural assistance and research is for the developing world.  I strongly urge that the planned funding cuts be reversed.

307

Rebecca Nelson

I am an associate professor at Cornell University who spent 13 years in the CGIAR.

308

Rebecca S. Boston

William Neal Reynolds Professor andDirector of Graduate ProgramsDepartment of Plant BiologyNorth Carolina State University

309

Regina S. Baucom

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

310

Renyi Liu

Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside

311

Richard McCloskey

312

Richard Michelmore

Support of the CGIAR centers is vital to the stability of world food production.  It is a highly cost-effective opportunity to improve world food production.  Cutting contributions to CGIAR is short -sighted and ill-advised.

313

Rob Proulx

Graduate Student, University of Minnesota

314

Robert A. Forsberg

Professor EmeritusDepartment of AgronomyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

315

Robert Martienssen

316

Robert Paarlberg

I have just published a new book ("Starved for Science") from Harvard University Press that blames much of Africa's poverty today on shrinking support from the donor community for agricultural science.  This new move by USAID is just the latest step in a long and sorry history of reduced support for agricultural science.RP

317

Rodante E. Tabien

318

Roger Boerma

Distinguished Research Professor - University of Georgia

319

Roger Innes

320

Ronald L. Phillips

These budgetary cuts are coming at a time when the investment in plant sciences/biotechnology are paying off, such as the submergence gene in rice that will allow the poorest farmers to have normal yields even with two weeks of flooding, golden rice with the potential of saving a large portion of the 6000 people dying per day due to Vitamin A deficiencies, and the development of varieties of the major crops tolerant to water shortages.  The CGIAR centers provide the best hope of alleviating poverty , malnutrition, and starvation .  Why would the United States reduce the effectiveness of these centers when the need is great and the solutions will be at least as productive as during the green revolution and will be more environmentally friendly?

321

Ronnie Coffman

322

Roxanne C Rios

323

Roy L. Thompson

324

Ruifeng He

325

Ryan Brown

326

Ryan Percifield

Research ProfessionalDepartment of GeneticsUniversity of Georgia

327

S. E. Cameron

PhD candidate, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis

328

Sally Leong

329

Sanja Roje

330

Sarah Hake

331

Saratha Kumudini

This is key period in the history of agriculture research and the contribution that the US can play in world food production, and ultimately the role the US can play for peace. Please don't let us be short sighted in this respect.

332

Scott Haley

333

Shailesh Lal

Associate Professor, Oakland University

334

Shunxue Tang

335

Sophia Engel

336

Sreedhar Alwala

337

Stacey Harmer

338

Stephen Dellaporta

339

Stephen Guy

Please fund agriculture as much as possible. It is the only humanitarian thing to do and provides positive actions by our country.Stephen Guy

340

Stephen Moose

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Crop SciencesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

341

Steven Briggs

342

Steven V. Raines

Plant Breed Plant Genetics PhD candidateUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

343

Subbaiah Chalivendra

344

Surinder Chopra

We shouold never forget the contribution of CGIAR centers to Plant Genetcs research and application. Thus I fully support the need for funds to be allocated fromUSAID to CGIAR.

345

Susan DiTomaso

Ignorance to the global threat of our shortage of plant breeders along with the potential of biotechnology enhancing our environmental and agricultural sustainability are why I wish to sign this important letter.

346

Susan R. Wessler

347

Sydney Jarrett

348

Tadesse Mebrahtu

It make great sense to fund agricutlural related research that will help  citizens to achieve food security.

349

Takeshi Fukao

350

Tao Sang

351

tapan

352

Terence Murphy

353

Teshome Regassa Ph.D.

354

Theodore Hymowitz

355

Thomas D Sharkey

356

Thomas Vogelmann

WIth food becoming more of an issue in stabilizing world politics, funding for CGIAR needs to be increased, not decreased.

357

Tim Setter

358

Tobias Baskin

359

Toni Kazic

360

Troy Bauder

361

Val H. Smith, Professor

362

Valerie Williamson

363

Vasu Kuraparthy

364

Venu R.C.

365

Virginia Boyett

366

Virginia Walbot

Professor of Biology, Stanford University

367

W. Allen Miller

Professor, Plant Pathology Department, Iowa State University.Continued funding of CGIAR is one of the best investments the US can make.  CGIAR helps farmers in poor countries to become self-sufficient, improves economies, fosters a desperately needed positive image of the US, and by improving economies creates markets for US goods.  CGIAR provides valuable germplasm not just to poor countries but to major US plant breeding companies.  I have visited two CGIAR facilities, ICRISAT and CYMMT and seen first hand how their research directly benefits farmers of the world in effective and appropriate ways.  Not funding CGIAR would be a tragic mistake.

368

Walter Bowen

369

Walter Gassmann

370

Wayne Parrott

371

William A. Masters

Cutting CGIAR funds would be a bad idea at any time, and is an appalling idea in 2008-09.  What if USAID had done this in 1973-74, during the last food crisis?

372

William A. Powell

373

William C. Clark

CGIAR is the world's foremost research and development resource for dealing with the international food crisis.  Starving people in order to make them healthier -- the priorities of USAID's announced funding priorities -- makes no sense whatsoever.

374

William F. Thompson

375

William F. Tracy

376

William J. Lucas

377

William R Marcotte Jr

378

William V. Baird

379

Wojtek Pawlowski

380

Wolfgang Golser

Research ScientistUniversity of ArizonaDepartment of Plant SciencesArizona Genomics Institute

381

Xinli Sun

382

Yang

383

Yinong Yang

384

Aden A. Aw-Hassan

I firmly support the petition, USAID funding is critical for food security, prosperity and peace in both developing countries and the US

385

Ahmed Moustafa

386

Albergel Jean

Very United

387

Allison Gillies

388

Andrea Carvajal

389

Andreas Printz

390

Angela Ma. Molina

391

Beatriz Narvaez

I would like that you reconsider your decision of not making more contributions to the CGIAR for research in agriculture, when problems like poverty and hunger are still huge concerns for the humanity.  Thank you in advance for considering our request.

392

Bill Doley

CGIAR fuding is essential for global food security and needs to be increased significantly.

393

Braun Hans-Joachim

Global investments in the IARC amounts to 500 mlln US$, enough to support the Iraq war for 12 hours.

394

Carlos Felipe Ostertag

395

Carol M. Stiff

396

Casiana M. Vera Cruz

This petition comes very timely, as the world experiences shortage of staple food.  The support of USAID to agriculture R&D will go a long way in providing food security and poverty alleviation to countries dependent on these staple food, especially rice, wheat and maize.

397

César P. Martínez

I have been collaborating with US scientists from Yale University, Cornell Univ., Louisiana Sate University , University of Arkansas, and Texas A&M in the development of improved rice germplasm . It will be  a pity if this work is stop because no more  funding.will be available.

398

Debbie Humphries

Funding for agricultural research and development is critical in ensuring adequate agricultural response to the climate and population changes facing the world.  Please continue the support of the CGIAR centers and make funding for those centers a priority in the current fiscal year.

399

Detlef Weigel

I am personally familiar with the work of the International Rice Research Institute.

400

Diana Alejandra Gil A.

401

Dr. Daniel P. Schachtman

402

Dr. Kenneth L. McNally

The USAID funding to the CGIAR centers is a crucial component for delivering improved varieties and associated technologies to the developing world. The U.S.A. should recognize this role and it's importance in ensuring adequate and economical food  for the world's poor - a lynchpin of political stability.  The dwindling of commodity stocks and their escalating costs are indicative that continued investment is no longer sufficient and additional funding must be considered or the grim scenario of widespread famine, adverted by the first green reoltuion,.

403

Dr. Leslie Hicks

404

Dutaur Laure

405

Eddy DE PAUW

406

Edith Hesse

407

FANCISCO ORLANDO MILLAN

408

Francis C. Ogbonnaya

Food prices are rising leading to food security issues. I pray that the proposed funding cut be reconsidered in the interest of all humanity - developing and developed countries alike

409

Gene Hettel

410

Gerard Barry

411

Glenn B. Gregorio

412

Gonzalo Zorrilla

413

Gustavo Peralta

414

Guy Davenport

415

hamid farahani, PhD

416

Helena Pachon

417

Hem Bhandari

418

Huixia Wu

Food price has increased at alarming speed, and is still continuing.

419

Imtiaz Muhammad

I fully agree with the contents of the petition and appreciate the initiative

420

Inez  Slamet-Loedin

IRRI as one of the CG centres contributes tremendously in varietal development and crop management system in rice growing countries, mainly the developing world including where I come from, Indonesia, and biotechnology has a great potential to accerelate the development of low input sustained high yielding varieties.  Cutting CG's unrestricted funding at this time when all prices of food grains are increasing will give a major  negative impact for rice  production and will likely resulting in poverty increase and destabilization.

421

Jaime Borrero

422

Jaumer Ricaurte

CIAT (a CGIAR) have help to tropical countries  to: increase crop production improve technology  know the environments strength people capacitiesIts international vision is necesary on high activity to improve concepts, technologies and vision as a  complement to individual and regional countries.

423

Jianbing Yan

424

John ryan

I fully endorse the letter. Cutting funds to the CGIAR would be a tragedy with profound implications for the developing world and for the USA as well. Rather, substantial increases are needed to support agricultural research and development.

425

Jorge Luis Cabrera

426

Jose Crossa

I fully endorse this petition to reverse the planning cuts to USAID agricultura program

427

Jose Ignacio Roa V.

428

Karl Glasener

429

Kathryn Laing

CIAT

430

Keith Fahrney

Support to the CG centers for research will help to alleviate the serious world food crisis.  This is fundamental to a stable and peaceful world and should be supported not only for obvious humanitarian reasons, but on grounds of national security (if that is what it takes to push congressional buttons).

431

lewis araujo

Decreased support to the system will lead to dramatic and far-reaching decreases in worldwide food production, thereby contributing to a destabilization of geopolitical relationships and a general decline in human well-being

432

Maimbo Mabanga Malesu

I am a scientist researching on improving water productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa through enhancement of green water harvesting through agroforestry systems.  This new area of research could colapse if CGIAR funding is cut back.  I therefore strongly support this appeal.

433

Manuele Tamo

434

Marco van den Berg

IT manager, IRRI Philippines

435

Maria Carolina Gonzalez Rojas

436

María Celia Lima

437

Maria J. Monteros

438

Mariano Mejia

Poverty and hunger = violence, wars, desasters

439

Marilyn Warburton

The cut in the USAID funds has been a complete disaster in our very successful association mapping research.  We have begun to find new alleles that give very high expression levels of Pro-Vitamin A in the maize genetic resources held by CIMMYT, but we had to cut this reasearch due to the funding shortage.  Please help!

440

Mario Rengifo Rodas

441

Mark Willman

I am a Reseaqrch Scientist with Pioneer Hir-bred Intl. Funding for these programs has been significant in increasing the world's food production. Cutting funding at this time when world commodity prices are rising and supplies are tightening presents a serious threat to the long-term well-being of the world's human population. Please reconsider your actions and keep funding the CGIAR centers.Thank you,Sincerely,Mark Willman, B.S., MBA, Ph.D.Research ScienttistPioneer Hi-bred Intl, a DuPont Company

442

Matthew Blair

CGIAR centers played a key role in the green revolution of the previous century and are needed now more than ever as population growth, bioenergy needs and climate change create new challenges for the world's agricultural sector.  I encourage USAID to reconsider the budget cuts.

443

Matthew Reynolds

444

Michael J. Thomson

445

Michael Larinde

A vibrant CGIAR centres"consortium is definetly required to assit in solving many agricultural problems, particularly those emanating from climate change and the need to meet MDG of reducing the number of hungry population in our world..

446

Miloudi M. Nachit

447

Murari Singh

Funding CGIAR projects will enhance saving of natural resources (genetic and environmental), on which our life depends. Output of these projects will benefit all-- developed, developing or underdeveloped countries.I support the petition.Murari SinghSenior BiometricianICARDA

448

Mustapha El Bouhssini

449

Paul Kimani

It would be most unfortunate for CG to loose this support. They need it now than ever before. It is cheaper to support food production than try to respond to food crises that are today threatening stability and lives of millions of people in the developing world. They need USAID today to continue with great work they have been doing but which is often poorly appreciated.

450

Paula Bramel

As a US Citizen, working for the CGIAR, I fully support this petition. I am very concerned about this cut and its implication to the efforts of the CGIAR and its partners to alleviate poverty. I am concerned that my tax dollars are not being used to both address emergency food needs and future food needs through agricultural research.

451

Paula Hurtado

452

Peter Okoth

THE CGIAR is an important institution of research contributing to a reversal of soil and land degration that is globally affecting food production while at the same time researching on approprate high yielding crop cultivars intended to mitagate on depressed crop productivity. The US government should reconsider its postion of cutting funding to the CGIAR to enable the CGCentres to continue the work of developing better agriculture. This is especially a critical issue in the tropics and countries of the South. What should be stressed is that the CGIAR Centre demonstrate that indeed the lives of the poor are changing due to heri interventions.

453

Rachid Hanna

I am a US citizen working for the CGIAR in Africa. I fully spport the content of this petition.

454

Rein van der Hoek

455

Richard Jones

USAID has been a strong supporter of the CGIAR since its inception, and the politicians who make decisions on funding allocations need to become better acquainted with what their funding has achieved. Political instablility due to rising food prices is a reality today, and if the international community is not serious there will be far worse to come.

456

Roosevelt H. Escobar-Pérez

457

Salvatore ceccarelli

458

Sarah Beebout

459

Spurthi Nayak

460

Stephan Haefele

461

Steven Tudor

Research AssociateThe Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

462

Tim Kelley

463

Vicky Rengifo

Not supporting the CGIAR system in fighting hunger and poverty puts at great risk the future well-being of humanity.

464

Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer

465

Yan Fu

466

Zaid Abdul-Hadi

467

Abimbola

Food is the most fundamental need of man..and should be of highest priority to the general scientific world. Withdrawing these funding will incapacitate a great effort to reduce hunger worldwide...and every country including with significantly feel the pain....please do not completely stop the funding.

468

Adam Famoso

469

Alessandro Catenazzi

470

Alexandra

471

Amanda Wright, PhD

University of California, San Diego

472

Amos Ogundipe

473

angela kinsella

Keep up the good work!

474

Ann Marie Thro

Investment in ag research at CGIAR centers and their partners has contributed to a half-century of unprecedented agricultural prosperity.    As present events show, challenges to agriculture are continuous.  To maintain food supplies, continuous research investment is needed.  Ann Marie Thro, Bryn Mawr College Class of 1971 (History)

475

Anson Xu

no one can stay well with a empty stomach.worship Agriculture as your lifeprotect Agriculture as your life

476

Antoni Rafalski

Sr. Research Fellow, DuPont / Pioneer crop genetics

477

Arthur Z Wang

478

Aura Gonzalez de Schopke

BiologistCIBUS LLC

479

Bailin Li

480

Barbara Mazur

481

Benjamin Kaufman, Ph.D

482

Bingxin Yu

483

C.E. Simpson

484

Chad Niederhuth

485

Charles L. Armstrong

486

Cindy Salo

487

Clint Brown

488

Cristina Uribe

489

Danesh Rana

490

Daniel Briffa

491

Dannette C. Ward

492

David B. Jones

Director - Agronomic ServicesFarmers' Rice Cooperative

493

David G. Maskalick, Ph.D.

494

David Mies

The world is at a critical point in food production. Some politicians think that, by giving financial support to assist consumers faced with high prices, that we are solving problems. All that does is shift who goes without food. Production of more food is the key to combating hunger.

495

David W. Sperling

Reinstatement of Cgiar funding at this time is critical.

496

Deborah Hall

Please do not make these cuts.

497

Dennis J. Delaney

Crop Scientist - Seed Production

498

Derrick Reynolds

499

Dharam P. Sharma

500

Diana

I agree that cuting on the CGIAR funding will affect negatively the capacity to produce food, mainly in the developing countries.