USAID cuts to CGIAR support

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   Name: Clint Magill, Professor Of Genetics, TAMU on Apr 7, 2008

   Comments: 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.

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2. 152
   Name: Virginia Walbot on Apr 7, 2008

   Comments: Professor of Biology, Stanford University

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3. 153
   Name: Sreedhar Alwala on Apr 7, 2008

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4. 154
   Name: Jeremy D. Edwards on Apr 7, 2008

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5. 155
   Name: Dina St.Clair on Apr 7, 2008

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6. 156
   Name: Deborah Hall on Apr 7, 2008

   Comments: Please do not make these cuts.

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7. 157
   Name: Yan Fu on Apr 7, 2008

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8. 158
   Name: Yan Fu on Apr 7, 2008

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9. 159
   Name: Julia Bailey-Serres on Apr 7, 2008

   Comments: USAID, via the International Rice Research Institute, has funded the research of my group on submergence tolerant rice. Our findings are being used to produce rice lines, but breeding, that are tolerant of prolonged periods of complete submergence. These will be grown by farmers in countries such as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. Julia Bailey-Serres, Professor of Genetics, University of California, RIverside.

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10. 160
    Name: Fusheng Wei on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Continuing is the most important aspect of scientific research.

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11. 161
    Name: XIN MNEG on Apr 7, 2008

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12. 162
    Name: Allison Krill on Apr 7, 2008

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13. 163
    Name: Robert Meeley on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: 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.

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14. 164
    Name: Andrew L Hauck on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: 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.

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15. 165
    Name: Bryan C.Gibbon on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Department of Biology Baylor University

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16. 166
    Name: Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada on Apr 7, 2008

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17. 167
    Name: Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada on Apr 7, 2008

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

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18. 168
    Name: Jianwei Zhang on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: World needs CGIAR, US needs world.

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19. 169
    Name: Gladys Cassab on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Associate Professor Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

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20. 170
    Name: Sadequr Rahman on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Hungry people=unhappy people=unstable countries=

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21. 171
    Name: Ms. Lisa J. Haney on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: 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.

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22. 172
    Name: Paolo Sabelli on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: I totally agree with this letter. Futute funding to CGIAR should be increased and not decreased or abolished.

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23. 173
    Name: William F. Thompson on Apr 7, 2008

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24. 174
    Name: Jay B. Hollick, Ph.D. on Apr 7, 2008

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25. 175
    Name: Martha Willcox on Apr 7, 2008

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26. 176
    Name: Qihui Zhu on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Postdoctoral associate University of Georgia

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27. 177
    Name: Dr. Anita Klein on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: 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.

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28. 178
    Name: Ken Naito on Apr 7, 2008

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29. 179
    Name: Clifford Weil on Apr 7, 2008

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30. 180
    Name: Klaus Oldach on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: 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.

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31. 181
    Name: HEE CHUNG JI on Apr 7, 2008

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32. 182
    Name: Matthew Hudson on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Assistant Professor Department of Crop Sciences University of Illinois Urbana, IL

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33. 183
    Name: Thomas Warburton on Apr 7, 2008

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34. 184
    Name: China Lunde on Apr 7, 2008

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35. 185
    Name: Mark Willman on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: 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 Scienttist Pioneer Hi-bred Intl, a DuPont Company

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36. 186
    Name: Ernest Retzel on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Program Leader National Center for Genome Resources Santa Fe, NM Visiting Scholar, University of Minnesota

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37. 187
    Name: John Stinchcombe on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Toronto, ON M4L 2G5 Canada

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38. 188
    Name: Anonymous on Apr 7, 2008

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39. 189
    Name: Huaide on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: agriculture is very important

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40. 190
    Name: Hikmet Budak on Apr 7, 2008

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41. 191
    Name: Calvin O. Qualset on Apr 7, 2008

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42. 192
    Name: Anonymous on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Reverse the planned cuts, please!

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43. 193
    Name: Anonymous on Apr 7, 2008

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44. 194
    Name: Paul D. Olson on Apr 7, 2008

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

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45. 195
    Name: Vladimir Koterniak on Apr 7, 2008

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46. 196
    Name: Kristen L. Kump on Apr 7, 2008

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47. 197
    Name: Dr. Peter Balint-Kurti on Apr 7, 2008

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48. 198
    Name: Narasim Upadyayula on Apr 7, 2008

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49. 199
    Name: Jun Pyo Kim on Apr 7, 2008

    Comments: Graduate student University of Missouri-Columbia

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    Name: Nora Lapitan on Apr 7, 2008

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