CGIAR Suport Petition 701-854

Signatures

Name

Comments

701

David Radtke

702

Didier THARREAU

PhD in plant PathologyCIRAD, Montpellier, France

703

Dietmar Stoian

International agricultural research is critical to solve the global food crisis and reduce rural poverty. After years of neglect, the World Bank has revisited its agricultural policy and emphasizes the crucial role agriculture plays for the development of tropical and subtropical countries. In its World Development Report 2008, the Bank highlights the importance of science and technology and the benefits of enhanced agricultural germplasm for the poor. The CGIAR system ensures continuous improvement of these vital genetic resources. In addition, it advances alternative technologies, methodologies, and policy recommendations that help achieve food security and reduce poverty in developing countries. I request USAID to reconsider its funding policy and increase the funding of the IARC rather than cutting it back.

704

Dr Amy Pedersen

The proposed cuts to the USAID and particularly the CGIAR system are misplaced attempts at budget cutting. Given the current food crisis that is currently plaguing people around the world; we as a nation should be increasing funds that will help increase yield and success of agricultural crops, especially those in the developing world. I strongly support this proposal, and hope that it will make a difference.

705

Dr Anthony H D Brown

Honorary Research Fellow, (formerly Chief Research Scientist),CSIRO Plant Industry,Canberra ACT Australia.Food security is essential for Home security.

706

Dr Kay Denyer

I am not a US scientist but the proposed cuts are relevant to the world agricultural research community. To sever or even restrict the pipeline from lab research to the field would be a great mistake.

707

Dr Lesley A Boyd

Research Manager for International Development, John Innes Centre,Norwich, UK

708

Dr. David W. Altman

The US has consciously reduced its support for CGIAR during the past decade, and we now fall behind the rest of much of the developed world in our contribution level.  However, the importance of these institutions in reducing hunger and malnutrition has increased as the global population increases and our resources are more limited.  This action is reprehensible for a nation of compassion that attempts to take leadership against terrorists and in favor of peace.

709

Dr. Fahimeh Shahinnia

Genome Diversity Group,Department of Genebank,Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK),Corrensstr. 3,D-06466 Gatersleben,Germany

710

Dr. George Bowes

711

Dr. Hannah Wittman

Simon Fraser University, Canada

712

Dr. Ian B. Edwards

The CGIAR system, through its network of International Research Centers, has made a massive impact over the years in helping to alleviate world hunger. It is in everyone's interest that this vital work continue to be funded.

713

Dr. John Flintham

714

Dr. Jose Gutierrez-Marcos

I would like to express my strongest support to the petition by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Centres to continue their research funding.

715

Dr. Joseph M. Nyachiro

Fighting world hunger is a very important component and pre-requisite of fighting world terror. Funding CGIAR should be revamped and not reduced in order to keep up with fighting world hunger or we face serious consequnces.

716

Dr. Narayana M. Upadhyaya

717

Dr. Robert McK. Bird

Adjunct Professor, Crop Science Department North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NCI worked at CIMMT twice, in the Maize Germplasm Bank  (1973-1975) and the Applied Biotechnology Center (1994-1996), finding the center and its staff providing a stimulating and rewarding environment.  I cannot imagine how bad the food situation in the world would be without the efforts of the international centers over the decades.  It is next to criminal to be reducing their available funds in these years of increasing demands for food.

718

Dr. Rosa Fe D. Hondrade

719

Dr. Sylvia Mitchell

The CGIAR system is essential and should be expanded and made even more relevant but not reduced.

720

Dr. Tim Sharbel

Apomixis research group leader, IPK Gatersleben

721

Dragan Perovic

I support the action.

722

ELAINE GREEN

723

emmanuel frossard

724

Eugenia Munaro

725

Eunyoung Chae

Postdoctoral associateMax Planck Institute for Developmental BiologyTuebingen Germany

726

Eva Bauer

Senior scientistPlant BreedingCenter for Life and Food Sciences WeihenstephanTechnische Universitaet MuenchenAm Hochanger 4D-85350 FreisingGermany

727

Fabrice DeClerck

There is no doubt that there is a need for international agricultural research. Though the CG's have their issues, the solution is not cutting funding. There is tremendous evidence that every dollar allocated to agricultural research pays, and probably pays better then every dollar paid for arms.

728

Felipe Fenselau de Felippes

Msc, max planck Institute of developmental biology

729

filippo

730

Francisco A.P. Campos

731

Franklyn B. Amos

732

Friederike Beck

733

Gary Ablett

Agricultural diseases are spreading at an increasing rate and new varieties are needed at a fast rate to avoid global crop failures. Please support CGIAR.

734

George Fedak

735

Gladys Cassab

Associate ProfessorUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

736

Govinda Rizal

Help save research. Prevent death from lack of food.

737

Gyula Vida

738

H.S. Bariana

It will be a historic mistake to cut these funds. The financial support to the CGIAR system is essential to produce food for the world's ever increasing population.

739

Hans Dieter Hess

740

Harald Menzi

741

Harpinder Randhawa

742

Harshavardhan V T

Students

743

Hartwig H. Geiger, Pro. Dr., Univ.Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Support by USAID and comparable organizations in other industrialized countries is urgently needed by the CGIAR system to prevent hunger and malnutrition in a rapidly growing world population and to meet the respective millenium goals.

744

HEE CHUNG JI

745

Homero Dewes

USAID funding of agriculture biotechnology research at CGIAR is critical for the establishment of a worldwide understanding and acceptance of innovative technologies in crop production.

746

huaide

agriculture is very important

747

huangguangping

as a agronomy ,I don`t decline

748

Ian Martin

We need these international breeding projects. Their germplasm has greatly aided food crop production in Australia and developing countries in our region.

749

Ikuo Nakamura

750

J McLean

751

J. A. Hobbs

752

J.R.Zwiep

CGIAR centers are the most important places to keep improving and assisting people to increase their crop yields  economically and to protect the environment.

753

Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada

Professor National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Mexico.International Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA)

754

Jens Weibull

I am Assoc. professor at the Swedish Biodiversity Centre and a very concerned non-US citizen.

755

Jerome Franckowiak

756

Jesse Dubin

To cut the CGIAR budget support at this time is extremely myopic. It is critical for USAID to reverse this decision.

757

Jiayang Li

I thoroughly support the petition of Prof. Bennetzen, though I am not a US scientist.

758

Jim Ippolito

Research Soil ScientistUSDA-ARS-NWISRL

759

João Bosco

760

John Snape

761

John Stinchcombe

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoToronto, ON M4L 2G5Canada

762

Jonathan Jones

At a time of rising food prices and shortages, in the year when we became a mostly urban species, it is crazy to reduce funding to the international organization that does most to promote yield in developing countries.

763

Jorge Nieto-Sotelo

Principal InvestigatorDepartment of Plant Molecular BiologyInstitute of BiotechnologyUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México

764

Joseph Colasanti

765

Juan Manuel Herrera

766

Juan Pablo Pena-Rosas

767

Jun Zhao

768

Jun Zhao

ProfessorBiotechnology Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China

769

juyou wu

the agricultural research is the most important affair for human

770

Kim, Sung Hyun

771

Klaus Oldach

I believe that supporting biotechnolgy research through CGIAR is not only a chance to help feeding the world's population in the future but also an investment in world peace.

772

Larry Woods

These centers have been long in the making and have more potential to contribute to world security and peace than ever before.  It would be a tragic loss that could not be replace for many times the cost.

773

Lauro J. M. Guimarães

774

Len J. Wade

Professor Len J. WadeCharles Sturt UniversityE.H. Graham Centre for Agricultural InnovationLocked Bag 588Wagga Wagga NSW 2678Australia#47953

775

Leon Hesser, PhD

When I was Director, Office of Agriculture, USAID, in Washington, 1973-78, we pledged to put in 25% of the cost of the CGIAR system if the rest of the world would cover 75%.  They did, with dramatic results.The CGIAR system has an efficient system of monitoring.  The US should provide them funds and let them manage.

776

Luis Bertoia

ProfessorDepartment of Plant ScienceFacultad de Ciencias AgrariasUniversidad Nacional de Lomas de ZamoraArgentina

777

M. Arif Goheer

Improvement in agricultural productivity is the most effective way in reducing poverty in developing world. As food security is becoming more a concern in the near future, funding for CGIAR needs to increased instead of decreasing.

778

M. Margarida Oliveira

779

Maike Stam, assistant professor

780

Mario Pagnotta

781

Marsha Stanton

782

Martha Willcox

783

Martin Gummert

784

Martin Parry

It is essntial that the developed countries support the CGIAR centres to ensure future food security. THE CGIAR centres have an excellent record of developing new germplasm, coupling theor traditional expertise with post genomic technologies will ensure success in food production. Food stability is an essential pre-requisite to political stability and sustainable development of nations.

785

Mary Lou Guerinot

786

Masood Rizvi

787

Matthias Wissuwa

this is of utmost importance. How can any agency consider cutting funds while a global food crisis is beginning to unfold!

788

Michele Morgante

Professor of Genetics, Università di Udine, ItalyScientific Director, Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Udine, Italy

789

Mohammad Hamza

790

Morel JB

Pr Plant GeneticsINRA (France)

791

Noel Kingsbury

I am appalled at this cut, which comes after cuts in previous years. CGIAR's works is now more essential than ever given recent concerns over world food security.

792

Norman Warthmann

Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany

793

Oskar Wallgren

794

Paul Nicholson

Dr Paul Nicholson, Group leader, Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH UK

795

Paulo Evaristo de Oliveira Guimarães

CGIARs Centers are essential players for world food security.I, a Brazilian plant breeder, can testemony the tremendous impacts that CGIARs centers made for Brazil, Latin America and Africa agriculture

796

Pedro Revilla

797

Peter Stamp

It would be a sghame if the most effective means to generate food security in third world countries would loose in support.Actually, it has been already a burden for these very successful drivers of sustainable progress that they receive less and less core funds as states want to be linked to highly visible projects only.

798

Philippa Barrell

799

Prakash Kumar

I fully support the need to fund such international research agencies involved in ensuring food security. The current environment in Asia, Haiti and Africa (to name a few regions), which are facing an inadequate supply of rice highlights the dire need to support the GGIAR centers.

800

Prof Brian Forde

801

Prof Colin Wellings

802

Prof M K Theodorou

As we face up to issues of - global warming, climate change, food shortages, the energy dilemma, now is not the time to reduce funding to CGIAR.

803

Prof. Amando Ordas

Although I am not properly a US scientist (I did my graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, anyway), I thoroughly support the petition of Prof. Bennetzen.

804

Prof. Em. Martin Wolfe

As an ex-Board member of CIAT and collaborator with CIMMYT and CIP, I am appalled at the planned cuts to the USAID programme and the far-reaching negative consequences that will arise in a period of increasing difficultires for agriculture and farmers.

805

Prof. Jean-Louis Prioul

806

Prof. Peter Beyer

807

Prof. Thomas Dresselhaus

808

Professor C J Leaver CBE,FRS,FRSE

809

Professor Dr. Lutful Hassan

I do request the authority to continue the funding to the CGIAR organizations/centres at strongest possible terms.

810

Professor James K.M. Brown

UK scientist who very strongly supports this petition by concerned USA scientists

811

Professor Robbie Waugh

The need to commit funding is clear.  What is not clear is why the decision to withdraw funding was made in the first place.  If there are well informed reasons to suggest that the value of the investment is questionable then these should be articulated clearly and positive action (not negative as in withdrawal of funding) taken to turn this around.  In my experience the scientists in CGIAR centres are hard working and highly motivated - but there may be a case to look at productivity and remit in some areas in order to focus and increase delivery.

812

Professor Rudi Appels

At a time when global food stocks are at their lowest levels in many years, there is a greater need than ever for investment in biotechnology to drive understanding the gene networks that make the cereals so successful.

813

Quintin Rascon-Cruz

CGIAR, CIMMYT mexico supported my studies in Maize biotechnology. Count with me to sing iPetitions aginst USAID AG cuts.

814

Renate Mann

815

RICHARD DAVID THOMPSON

British plant scientist

816

Robert Henry

Professor of Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University

817

Rodrigo Sala

818

Roupakias Demetrios

I fully agree

819

Russell Reinke

Dr Russell ReinkeRice BreederYanco Agricultural InstituteYanco NSW 2703 AUSTRALIA

820

sadequr rahman

Hungry people=unhappy people=unstable countries=

821

Sandra Kelly

Biologist

822

Sara Amâncio

823

Sean Walsh

Computational & Systems BiologyJohn Innes Centre,Norwich, UK

824

Shibin Gao

Actually, in some sense food security in developmenting countries is more matter to developed countries, compare with developing countries themselves,if we think this problem deeply and globly. Sichuan Agricultural University, China

825

Shoshi Kikuchi

CGIAR centers, especially IRRI and CIMMYT are our long collaboraters through the Generation Challenge Programme.

826

Simon Griffiths

827

Simon Putzhammer

828

Sonia Negrao

829

Srinivasachary

I strongly support the veews expressed in the petition.

830

Srinivasan Ramachandran

831

Sven B. Andersen

Sven B. AndersenProfessor of Plant BreedingDept of Agricultural SciencesFaculty of Life SciencesUniversity of CopenhagenThorvaldsensvej 401871 FrederiksbergDenmarktlf 45 35 33 34 44 (changed)fax 45 35 33 34 88 (changed)e-mail sba@life.ku.dk

832

Thomas  Warburton

833

Thorsten Schnurbusch

Thorsten Schnurbusch, PhDResearch Group Leader Plant ArchitectureLeibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant ResearchCorrensstr. 3D-06466 GaterslebenGermanyWeb link: www.ipk-gatersleben.de

834

Tianyu WANG

Professor atInstitute of Crop SciencesChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences12 Zhongguancun South StreetBeijing 100081China

835

Tim Caspar

836

Toshiyuki Takai

I am now a post doctoral fellow at National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences in Japan, and I owe what I am to CGIAR because I could successfully obtain Ph.D through the works I conducted in IRRI as Ph.D scholar in 2002-03. I guess CGIAR centers have given us young scientists great chance to study worldwide agricultural problem.Hope that USAID could change the planned cuts of the budget for CGIAR.

837

trendafil nedev

838

Victor Ryabchoun  Ph.D.

My title is: Chief of the National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources of Ukraine.

839

Waclaw Orczyk

Title - ProfessorInstitution: Plant Breeding and Acclimatization InstituteRadzikow, Poland

840

Walter Stern

Emeritus member of the American Society of Agronomy & Crop Science SocietyMany of my students and I have worked in collaboration with some of the CGIAR institutes and the work has has resulted in real benefits

841

Xiaoquan Qi

842

Xin-yuan Huang

843

Y. Tony Lee

844

Yalong Guo

It is not good to cut funds to CGIAR considering the food shortage is still a big problem in the world.

845

Yao-Cheng Lin

846

Yuhua Sun

save the CGIAR,save the lives and improve the livelihoods of millions of the poorest in the world

847

Yung-Fen HUANG

I am a master student in plant biology and think it's important to support this kind of international research program to progress our knowledge in crop plants because all our gain in crop knowledge have the object to share with all humanity the food security.

848

Zhiben Yi

849

zhonghu He

National Wheat Improvement CenterChinese Academy of Agricultural ScienceGermplasm and training program from CG Centers have played a crucial role in China and other developing countries

850

Deobrah Delmer

As a member of the National Academy of Sciences, I strongly support this peititon. The centers of the CGIAR are absolutely critical for research and development for agriculture in the developing world. Cuts to them couldn't come at a worse time.

851

Holly Gorton

852

Michalann Harthill

853

Douglas P. Maxwell

CGIAR are critical in future to assistance developing countries maintain agricultural productivity. With many the increasing populations of many developing countries, more food is need; more research is needed, more extension is need.

854

Ellen McCullough

Now is the time to invest in agricultural research and development. The CGIAR centers perform a global service.