CGIAR Suport Petition 501-700

Signatures

Name

Comments

501

Douglas Garwood

502

Douglas Pachico

503

Dr (Mrs) Aparna Das Padalkar

I fully support the movement

504

Dr Elhaddoury jamal

505

Dr Narellah N.

506

Dr Nick Gosman

Plant breeder in the NIAB Pre-breeding group. I have first hand experience of the vital work being carried out at CIMMYT. It is crucial at a time when global food security is being undermined that these international centres of excellence are funded properly. I am dismayed by the cuts proposed by USAID and urge them to reconsider. I also urge other governments to consider funding these programmes directly.

507

Dr Stewart Gillies

I think that loss of funding would be a tragedy for the people in the world who are hungry.

508

Dr. Abduljabbar Salman

509

Dr. Alyssa Collins

510

Dr. Anne H. Datko

Research carried out at the CGIAR centers is crucial for improved food production for the developing countries of the world. Cutting funding is shortsighted. How is it moral to endeavor to save lives through medical aid yet fail to give support to efforts to provide food?

511

Dr. Armghan Shahzad

512

Dr. Brian Wayne Gardunia

These research centers are key for international outreach and breeding efforts.  Cutting funding to USAID agriculture limits our abilities to reach out at a grass roots level to people around the world.

513

Dr. David Foster

514

Dr. David R. Wooten, Jr.

Soybean BreederMonsantoStonington, IL

515

Dr. George C. Krajcsik

516

Dr. I. U. Abubakar

517

Dr. Moez Meghji

518

Dr. Naimatullah Bughio

It will be a great setback to research if USA withdrew the support.

519

Dr. Robert Guse

Senior research managerPioneer Hi-Bred Intl

520

Dr. Scott M Furbeck

521

Dr. Steffen Schulz

522

Edward Coe

The CGIAR centers are the vital and primary source of hope for application of solid agricultural science to improvement of the livelihood of hundreds of millions of undernourished, malnourished, and destitute peoples in the international arena.

523

Elizabeth Jones

Funding CGIAR is critical to agriculture world-wide

524

eloy Ramos Rodriguez

I were involved  tebn yeaers ago as Deputy Dir Gral of Spoanish agric Research , in CGIAR : I need to work hard to  make to understand to my Minister the importance of that Organitation : We INCEASED significatly our donations !!!It is unvelivebebly that USA may  the Institutional deciison to reduce or even not to increase their shareNow I am working in Rural developmente , withi tha Ministery of Agriculture , but I wiil never forget the great importance of CGIAR for the scientific of the not develop Countries Thnks Eloy Ramos ( Agronomist -Msc Cork University) and civil servant at M of Agriculture SPAIN

525

Enno Krebbers

The petition covers many of the broader points well.  One might add that the activities of the CGIAR are of the nature that help keep nations from becoming "failed states", the consequences of which we are well aware of.  As developing countries build the agricultural infrastructure, over time they also provide trading partners and so economic opportunities for US companies such as my own.  So for those not convinced simply because it is the "right thing to do", there are solid reasons of self interest to support the organization.

526

Erin Tomlinson

527

Frank A Hilario

Even as a freelance writer, having researched and written on the CGIAR for the last 2 years, and coming from Los Baños in the Philippines, I know how valuable agricultural research has been, and still needs to be.

528

Frank Altobelli

This is NOT the place we should be cutting.

529

Geoff Graham

530

Geoffrey Hawtin

These planned cuts could have extremely serious long-term consequences not only on the poor in developing countries, but on all of us: poor and  rich, South and North. This is particularly worrisome coming at a time of increasing global concern about food security resulting from energy shortages and climate change.

531

Georgia C. Eizenga

532

Gerald Myers

533

Germain Lefebvre, agr.

It's now the time, more than anytime in the history, to support the developement of agriculture in the developping countries.  Let's put some of our tax money in that.

534

German Plata

535

Glenn Hyman

We need agricultural research for developing world smallholder farmers now more than ever.

536

Gregory Edmeades

Continued funding for CGIAR centers is a highly effective investment in sustained food supplies in the developing world, especially in a period of increasing prices and shortages.

537

gujunfei

agricultural  is very important!

538

Hannah Hope

539

Hari Kishan Rao Abbaraju

540

Harold R. Mickelson

Support for the important activities of the CGIAR is paramount. Hal Mickelson

541

Henry Shands

Not only has this program been one of the most successful in the history of mankind to alleviate hunger in the developing world but the U.S. and other developed nations have also seen unprecedented crop production gains as a result of the CGIAR work. This is the most senseless budget cut I have ever seen in my life.

542

Iain A Wright

543

Igor Oliveira

544

Imad Eujayl

I have served the CGIAR system for 10 years. All my graduate research and training in biotechnology were sponsored under the umbrella of the CGIAR system. Currently I work for the USDA-ARS. The CGIAR centers provide essential training, research materials, and genetic resources worldwide and moreover cultivars for needy farmers. Such a major financial reduction will drastically harm the international agricultural research.

545

J. Prasad

546

Jagadish Rane

As a citizen of a developing country I have witnessed the impact of green revolution on food security of the nation. A big share of credit should go to USAID for their support ro developing countries throught CGIAR system. Farmers are now looking forward for the second green revolution to make agriculture sustainable particularly when resources are shrinking and agroeco systems are vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change. As food is the key for everlasting piece across the world US should continue to support CGIAR institutes, as these institutes have already demonstrated their potential to achieve this mission through green revolution.

547

James C Register III

548

James Deutsch

549

James E. Lothrop

As a former CIMMYT maize breeder, I can attest that the work of the international centers is vital and necessary. I hope the USAID contributions can be restored.

550

Jami  Grossfield

551

Jana L. Warren

552

Jeff Dahlberg

I represent sorghum producers and serve as Chair for the Sorghum and Millets Germplasm Committee. Cutting funding to Agriculture in developing countries is a crisis waiting to happen. What happens in countries that can't feed themselves? Do we really want to encourage this in our foreign policy??

553

Jeffrey D Wolt

Professor, Iowa State University

554

Jenny Bailey

555

Jeremy Turner

556

Jesse Munkvold

557

Jian Zhang

558

Jill Stevenson-Paulik

559

jinsheng yu

Reverse the planned cuts, please!

560

John Daly

I spent 20 years at USAID in science policy, finally directing USAID's Office of Research. I can attest that the funding of the CGIAR is one of the most cost effective of all U.S. aid programs, which is especially important as we face a food crisis. It also, as a nice side effect, benefits U.S. consumers as well as the hungry worldwide.

561

John DeBoer

The GCIAR has demonstrated time and time again how their research has helped reduce world food prices and benefiit the poor and landless in the process. As a result, basic food prices showed a long term decline,  farming became less profitable and a complacency sent in. Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances a crisis has now set in and no one is able to say if it will be a short- or long-term problem. Now is the time to inject more funds to (a) first better unbdersatnd what has happened, (b) carry out any needed reorganizations to better address the key problems and (c) fund the key research issues identified.

562

John Griffin

563

Jose Hernandez

564

Joshua Cobb

565

Juan M. Osorno

Being one of the professionals trained at one of the CGIAR centers, I can tell how important is the job they do in developing countries. Now that I'm a professor, I always value those years of excelent learning and practice. Good luck CGIAR centers!!

566

Ju-Kyung Yu

567

Julie A.C. Noolan Ph.D.

USAID funding for agricultural programs in developing countries is crucial.  Please re-consider the decision to make cuts in the CGIAR funding.

568

Justin Moss

569

Keith T. Ingram

Numerous independent studies have shown that Investments in agricultural research have high returns, both in economic and human terms.  Reduced funding for agricultural research is tantamount to a declaration that US AID is no longer concerned for the people that are supposed to be helped by international development programs.

570

Kenneth Tores

571

Kent Elson

572

Kevin Culligan

573

Kevin Simcox

574

Khusi R Tiwari

Research ScientistPioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cairo, GA.

575

Kimberly Glassman

576

Klaus Koehler

I fully suport the statements above. The United States as the wealthiest nation in the world should be willing to support the International Crop Research Centers as they support the poorest nations of the world to secure their food supply.

577

L. Val Giddings

excellent initiative, Jeff -- good on you.

578

Larry Balko

579

Leah Goldfarb

As a US citizen, I would like my government maintaining or increasing funding levels to international scientific organizations that have a track record in improving human well-being. The GCIAR is such an organization; they can be credited with poverty reduction and improving food security in developing countries through agricultural research.

580

Leroy V. Svec

Restoring USAID funding and providing adequate ongoing funding for the CGIAR centers is critical.  Please advocate for and support this funding need.

581

Levi Yant, MA, MS

582

Li Gang

583

Lillian Hayden

584

Lleander Jung

Funding research on increasing agricultural productivity is way more important than funding population control through abortions and artificial contraceptives. Teaching family planning through sexual abstinence, Natural Family Planning Methods is more cost effective, and definitely cheaper than providing contraceptives (with side effects of danger to women) and surgical procedures to remove unborn repetitively. The only ones benefiting will then be the abortion providers who use billions of dollars of aid monies to provide contraceptives - monies which could be put to better use by funding research on food production. Agricultural research scientists when funded have the talents, and the abilities to increase productivity so as to feed the world's hungry. Funding on education in how to produce food gives poor farmers self confidence and the tools on how to provide for their own families. There is as yet tremendous untapped resources in land, technological advances which will bring about increased food sources for the developing world.Financial decision makers need to realize all these competing values should favor life and not death repetitively to future generations and slow death by starvation to present populations. People will always copulate. But teaching them Natural Family Planning with modern techniques of NPF when combined with temperature control which on W.H.O. statistics has a biological failure rate of virtually zero is also zero cost in the long run.Please USAID support CGIAR funding in long term research for food production. "Feed a man a fish and he eats for the day. Teach him how to fish and he eats for a life time." The same saying goes for "Teach a couple NPF and they have controlled their family size for free. Teach him how to farm more productively and he is able to feed his family for a life time thus lessening the need for foreign aid."Thank you.

585

Luis Cruz Arroyo

Going into the era of global economics, it is very important to have an organization on International Agriculture Research.  Maybe CGIAR should include research in sustainable agriculture too.

586

Luke E. Smeltz

587

M.A.Cheema

I agree with the contents of above petition.

588

Magni Bjarnason

589

Mai Komatsu

590

Manoj Dinesh Oak

I fully support the need to fund such international research agencies (CIMMYT and IRRI) involved in ensuring food security. Not only these institutes spread the knowldge of wheat and rice cultivation, but these type of institutes will teach sustainable agriculture and food security between nations (without considering geographical, political restrictions).

591

Mark Lundy

592

Mathias Lorieux

593

Matthias Eberius

I am not a US scientist but  work with a lot of them providing  measurement tools to them. Thus I know their work in general and the work of CGIAR quite well. The United States can be very proud to have such an institution helping to feed the world by developing locally important agriculture. Thus it would be a  big fault to cut down such strongly multiplying expenses for short term reasons..

594

Melissa Hinga

Without the financial support of USAID, tomorrow's "Norman Borlaug" or "Henry Beachell" will not have the impact on impoverished and starving people that Drs. Borlaug and Beachell achieved through their work at CIGAR institutions.  The world needs CIGAR institutions and their talented research and teacher staffs to sustain our food supply for future generations.

595

Mervyn McIntyre

596

MICHAEL DESSALINES

597

Michael Hermann

598

Michael J. Mulvaney

599

Michele Hujber

600

Mike Listman

The amount of money in question is relatively small, compared to things like defence budgets, but the development work of the CGIAR goes a long way toward reducing hunger and misery---conditions that serve as breeding grounds for global terrorism.

601

Milena Ouzunova

KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany

602

Mohamed Al Rabhi

603

Monika Kloiber-Maitz, PhD

604

Ms. Lisa J. Haney

I have a Masters degree in Genetics and am a scientist for a billion dollar global company aimed at improving agriculture.  It is extremely important that this funding continue in order to train fellow scientists who will contribute to our nation's welfare.

605

Murigneux

606

Nathalie Kind

607

Nicola Carraro

608

Norris Muth

Assistant Professor of BiologyJuniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA USA

609

Omonhinmin A. Conrad

The Global rise in Food Cost as outlined by the World Bank and the IMF is a clear evidence for the reversal of the decision to cut funding for the CGAIR centres. The threat to world security (Haiti already seized by it), the environment, and economy will only escalate with this action. The present downward trend of the Dollar will not be salvaged by this cut either. Economies are already taking a blow, Japan and others are good examples, A FOOD CRISIS compounded by this cut is an eminent catastrophy.

610

Oscar Rodriguez, PhD

Sweet Corn BreederSyngenta SeedsFlorida

611

P. Stephen Baenziger

I have personally used and am using wheat germplasm from the collaborative CIMMYT and ICARDA wheat programs.  The germplasm is a critical resource for our wheat improvment program.  In addition, I have visited many of the CGIAR centers and know personally how they have impacted for the better,  the lives of the millions of poor people.   Furhtermore as the proud father and father-in-law of two American soldiers, it is extraordinarily shortsighted in these times of war to neglect the international centers that promote the betterment of humanity.  For scientific and humanitarian reasons we cannot turn our back on these critical centers, nor the people they serve.

612

Pat Donahue

613

Pat Rivers

614

Paul D. Olson

Research scientist at Pioneer, a Dupont Company.   The CGIAR center at CIAT was instrumental in my agricultural science and plant breeding training.

615

Paul J Brookhouzen

Global food problems are just on the horizon.  We need united action by all nations to conserve good farm land and to avoid contaminating the land.  Agricultural research is a much needed investment in the future needs of all citizens.

616

pavana hiremath

As a part of the CGIAR group, I request to consider  my petition to reverse the planned cuts to to the USAID agriculture program, especially to the CGIAR centers.

617

Penelope Gillies

618

Peter Casier

Emergency food aid is needed, but cutting budgets in food research is cutting off the long term solution for the current food crisis.

619

Peter Freymark

620

Peter Kulakow

621

Philip R Martin, Ph.D.

622

Philippe DUFOUR

P. Dufour , Limagrain, Riom, France

623

Priscilla Lai

624

Professor Mohammad Miransari

625

Rafael I Merchan

Now, more than ever, agricultural research, education and extension must play a central part in the development discussion of poor countries. The current food crisis, is the tip of the iceberg after decades neglecting the vital agricultural sector. Therefore, it is imperative that funding is made available for the continues research and implementation of better techniques to feed the world.

626

Rajeev Varshney

I strongly support it.

627

Remi Lefebvre

628

Renee Parker

629

Reshma Rizvi

If we want to save the millions of  lives on this planet, we have to increase the budget on the agricultural research.

630

Richard B Flavell

As someone familiar with the CGIAR's achievements, its current programs and the enormous need for stable food, feed and fuel production in the world I fully endorse the sentiments in this petition.

631

Rita Hogan Mumm

Rita Hogan Mumm, PhDPrincipalGeneMax Services85410 DudleyChapel Hill, NC  27517

632

Robert Last

633

Robert Meeley

With all due respect, this sounds like a mistake of epic proportions.  I urge these budget cuts to be reversed so that CGIAR functionaries can continue their important work.

634

Robert P. Bosshart

When grain supplies are declining and prices of food are rising worldwide, to cut agricultural research funding seems shortsighted, irresponsible, and reckless.

635

Robin L. Cuany

Although I have visited only CIMMYT and ICRISAT, I have followed the development and results of work at most of the CGIAR Centers, and the breadth and importance of their work is beyond question.  It would be a terrible mistake for USAID to cut back on the funding which keeps many of their programs moving forward, and which provides improved germplasm and practical field technology for so many important world food crops.

636

Rudolf Jung

637

S. Shanmugasundaram

USAID should take the leadership in Agricultural Development in the developing countries. Agriculture is the basic foundation to alleviate poverty  and uplift the rural population which feeds the urban centers.

638

Sebastien Frade

639

Sidram Dhanagond

640

Stella Salvo

641

Stephen Roecker

642

Stephen Smith

643

Sue Rhee

644

Sun Jian

645

Suresh Kadaru

646

Taeko Sasaki

Cutting the funding to distribute most advanced knowledge of plant breeding to developing countries, does this solve the problem we face in the future for our planet? CGIAR needs increased funding not the opposite!

647

Terry Brncic

648

Terry Colbert

649

Terry L. Kamps, Ph.D.

Sr. Research BiologistUniversity of Florida

650

Theresa Strazisar

651

Thierry Marcel

Dr. Thierry C. MARCELWageningen UR Plant Breeding

652

Thomas S. Payne

653

Tiago Lourenço

654

Timothy J. Johnson

Timothy  J. Johnson M.S.Pioneer Hi-Bred InternationalResearch Associate - Field OperationsRegulatory Science & RegistrationJohnston, IA 50131-0552

655

Todd Rosenstock

656

Uttam Kumar

657

Vanessa Cook

By cutting funding to the CGIAR centers there will be significant cuts of whole projects that will benefit  resource poor farmers, women and children in through increased yields and improved quality of staple foods.

658

Venu Margam

It will be a big blow to the research programs and worsen the scenario even more

659

Vladimir Koterniak

660

Wanggen Zhang

World agriculture and the international agricultural institutes need our full supports.

661

Wilfred Vermerris

Associate Professor of AgronomyUniversity of FloridaGainesville, FL

662

William L. Jung

The world grows more hungry by the second; this is one sure way to address this problem.

663

William S. Niebur

664

Xiaohong Yang

665

Ximena Manjarres Díaz

666

XIN MNEG

667

Xueyi Hu

Ph. D, Senior Scientist and Project LeaderDow AgroSciences, LLC

668

Yang Jinliang

669

Zahoor Ahmad

We strongly support this petition

670

Zuo-YU Zhao

Sr. Scientist at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. A DuPont Company.  Continue to support the agriculture related research and trainings for developing countries is very important for the world peace.

671

Adina Breiman

672

Adriana Murillo Williams

673

Andres  Felipe Rangel Becerra

One of the most important issues of the CGIAR system during the last 30 to 35 years has been the trainning and preparation of qualified profetionals from developed countries to meet the research necesities in their own countries keeping a high international level of research, I wonder how will be that achieved for the new generation of profetionals in a globalized world, whitout the CGIAR system?

674

Andy Maule

675

Anja Hanemann

PhD student, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany

676

Anusha Srikanth

677

Arathi Seshadri

678

Asmund Bjornstad,  Professor of Plant Breeding, Norwegain University of Life Sciences

679

Associate Prof. Fa Jun Chen

In general, the USA is considered as being the leader of the whole word!So she is necessarily responsible for worldwide food production, which contribute to a stable geopolitical relationships!So, the USAID should not cut the budgets of the agricultural programs, she should add much more just like our country (China) doing recently(great inputs on agricultural research!)

680

Bao-Luo Ma

681

Beat KELLER

Full Professor, Plant Biology and Wheat GeneticsInstitute of Plant BiologyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 1078008 Zurich, Switzerland

682

Bob O'Hara

683

Brigitte Courtois

CIRAD, Montpellier, FRANCE

684

Bruce Blum

685

Byrd Curtis

686

Camilo Andrade

I support CGIAR!

687

Carlos E. Lascano

I want to express my support to the petition to USAID of maintaining  core support to the CG given the importance of agriculture research to ensure food security in developing countries exposed to climate change and to competition of agriculture land for bio-fuel production.

688

Caroline Dean

Professor Caroline Dean OBE FRSAssociate Research DirectorJohn Innes CentreNorwich, UK

689

Cesar Alvarez-Mejia

690

Chang-deok Han

691

Chang-Sheng Wang

The world food production is just at the most important and difficult time ever. Please do not cut or reduce the support to CGIAR now that will make the world worse.

692

Charcosset

693

Christian Witt

Here in Asia, rice production will have to increase by 60% in the next 20 years to meet the demand for food of a growing population. The USAID contribution to the CGIAR system is crucial to achieve this goal.

694

Ciro De Pace

The agricultural research in the CGIAR system has had important impact to alleviate world hunger and it this vital that its network of International Research Centers continue to be funded.

695

Clementine Vitte

696

Dabing Zhang

697

Damerval

senior researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

698

Daniela Biaggioni Lopes

699

Daniele Rosellini

700

Daryl J. Somers