[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 99-13268]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Board for International Food and Agricultural Development One 
Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Meeting; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of the one hundred and twenty-ninth meeting of the Board for 
International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting 
will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 10 and from 9:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. on June 11, 1999, in the USAID Public Information Center, 
Suite M.1, Mezzanine Level, Ronald Reagan Building, located at 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20523.
    As part of its agenda, BIFAD will discuss the role of biotechnology 
and its importance to developing countries: research and development; 
intellectual property rights; biosafety; biotechnology development 
strategies; and the role of the private sector and future developments. 
During this meeting, Partnerships for Food Industry Development, a 
proposed USAID program whose objective is to help developing and 
transition economy countries increase food quality, processing and 
marketing will be covered. BIFAD will also discuss revisions to the 
Title XII legislation and the establishment of a joint committee to 
review priorities for and results of USAID/university collaboration.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. George Like 
at the Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, 
Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Room 2.11-072, Washington, DC 20523-2110, telephone (202) 712-
1436, fax (202) 216-3010 or internet [[email protected]] with your full 
name.
    Anyone wishing to obtain additional information about BIFAD should 
contact Mr. Tracy Atwood the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. 
Write him in care of the Agency for International Development, Ronald 
Reagan Building, Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 2.11-005, Washington, DC 20523-2110, 
telephone him at (202) 712-5571 or fax (202) 216-3010.
Tracy Atwood,
USAID Designated Federal Officer (Deputy Director, Office of 
Agriculture and Food Security, Economic Growth Center, Bureau for 
Global Programs).
[FR Doc. 99-13268 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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