Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2011)]

[Notices]

[Page 36512]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2011-15611]

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice

of Meeting

Amendment to Original Notice: ``Board for International Food and

Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting'' [FR Doc. 2011-14245 Filed

6-8-11; 8:45 am]

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby

given of the public meeting of the Board for International Food and

Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 8:30

a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 24, 2011 at the National Press Club located at

529 14th St., NW., Washington, DC. ``Higher Education: A Critical

Partner in the Feed the Future'' will set the tone for the meeting.

Dr. Brady Deaton, the new Chair of BIFAD, will preside over the

proceedings. Dr. Deaton is the Chancellor of the University of Missouri

at Columbia.

The announcement of the 2011 World Food Prize Laureate at the State

Department on June 21 and the ``Feed the Future'' Research Forum from

June 21 to 23 provide the backdrop for the BIFAD public meeting on June

24. The meeting will include the participation of five new BIFAD

presidential appointments. Including Dr. Deaton, those new members are

Jo Luck, President of Heifer International, Marty McVey of McVey &

Company Investments Inc., Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor,

Department of Agronomy, Purdue University and Catherine Bertini, Chair,

International Relations Program and Professor, Maxwell School of

Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Board members with

continuing service include Elsa Murano, Professor and President Emerita

of Texas A&M University and William DeLauder, President Emeritus of

Delaware State University. After opening remarks by Dr. Deaton, USAID

Administrator Rajiv Shah will formally swear in the new Board members

and make a short presentation. At the conclusion of Dr. Shah's remarks,

Dr. Deaton will acknowledge immediate past Chair Robert Easter and the

other outgoing Board members for their service.

The BIFAD Summer public meeting will focus heavily on the USAID

Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative. The first session will offer USAID,

USDA and Department of Treasury perspectives on the strategic policy

considerations for FtF and the implications of the multilateral

process. The panel of speakers will include Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant

Administrator, Bureau for Food Security; Julie Howard, Deputy

Coordinator, Feed the Future; and Lona Stoll, USDA Coordinator, Feed

the Future. Elsa Murano, Chair, Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M

University and BIFAD member, will serve as respondent and provide

university perspectives.

The second FtF session will review outcomes of the Association of

Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)-led consultative process in

response to the FtF research strategy. Dr. Montague Demment, Professor

of Ecology at University of California-Davis and Associate Vice

President for International Development of APLU, will provide an

overview of the consultative process for the Board. USAID staff will

provide an overview of the research priority outcomes. Because the

Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs) are among the major

Title XII university-based research programs, Irvin Widders, Director,

Dry Grains Pulse CRSP, Michigan State University, will serve as a

respondent to address additional issues.

The Board meeting is open to the public, and time will be allotted

for a public comment period. The Board benefits greatly in hearing from

the stakeholder community and others. To ensure that as many people as

possible have the opportunity to contribute to the morning's

discussions, comments will be restricted to three minutes for each

commenter. At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board

will adjourn the meeting to proceed to an executive luncheon and

meeting (closed to the public).

Those wishing to obtain additional information about BIFAD or

attend the meeting can refer to the Web site at http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/bifad/, or contact Susan Owens, Executive

Director and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Interested persons

may write her in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development,

Ronald Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Room 7.8-061, Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone her

at (202) 712-0218 or fax (202) 216-3124.

John A. Becker,

Acting USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of

Development Partners, U.S. Agency for International Development.

[FR Doc. 2011-15611 Filed 6-21-11; 8:45 am]

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