[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 33700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14245]


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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice 
of Meeting

    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 9 a.m. 
to 1 p.m. on June 24, 2011 at the National Press Club located at 529 
14th St., NW., Washington, DC. ``The Role of Higher Education in the 
Feed the Future Initiative'' will be the central theme of 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 Spring public meeting will focus heavily on the USAID 
Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative. The first session will offer USAID 
and USDA perspectives on progress to date, taking into account 
specifically Title XII university perspectives. The panel of speakers 
will include Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant to the Administrator of the 
Bureau for Food Security; Julie Howard, Deputy Coordinator of the Feed 
the Future Initiative, and a USDA representative. Deanna Behring, 
Director of International Agriculture Programs at Penn State University 
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, a member of the CRSP 
Council 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 3 minutes for each 
commenter. At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board 
will adjourn the meeting to proceed to a luncheon and executive meeting 
(closed to the public).
    Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD should 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.

Susan J. Owens,
Executive Director and USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 
Office of Development Partners, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-14245 Filed 6-8-11; 8:45 am]
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