[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52681-52682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26708]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Public Briefing on Development of a U.S. Action Plan on Food 
Security

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a public meeting regarding 
development of a U.S. Action Plan on Food Security will take place on 
November 5, to brief the public on a discussion paper that is being 
developed on international topics to be addressed in the U.S. Action 
Plan and to respond to questions and receive reactions. A similar 
meeting will be held in December on domestic topics. The purpose of 
these meetings is to facilitate public participation in the process of 
developing the U.S. Action Plan on Food Security.

DATES: The meeting will be held November 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 
107A. Administration Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture in 
Washington, D.C.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. The 
discussion paper will be released to the public on World Food Day, 
October 16 and will be available on the U.S. Government Food Security 
home page (http://www.fas.ussda.gov/icd/summit/summit.html). Additional 
information will also be posted on the home page.
    Requests for copies of the paper and inquiries may be directed to 
the Office of the National Food Security Coordinator, Foreign 
Agricultural

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Service, Room 3008 South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14th 
and Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20250, telephone (202) 690-
0776 or fax (202) 720-6103.
    The topics to be addressed at the November 5 meeting are as 
follows:

Combined International/Domestic Topic

1. Human Rights as a Framework for Food Security

Priority International Topics

2. Appropriate Research, Education, and Extension for Food Production 
and Food Systems
    Economically, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Agriculture
3. Measuring Hunger and Mapping Risk
4. Economic Policy, Trade, and Food Distribution
5. Prioritize the Allocation of Foreign Assistance to Promote Food 
Security
    Health, Nutrition, and Population Stabilization
    The Role of Women
6. Effective Use of Food Aid to Promote Food Security
7. Maximizing and Targeting Resources.

    Signed in Washington, DC, September 30, 1997.
Chistopher E. Goldthwait,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 97-26708 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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