[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-23112]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of October 15 Board for International Food and 
Agricultural Development (BIFAD) Meeting

AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: 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).
    Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2013.
    Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Location: Downtown Des Moines Marriott, 700 Grand Avenue, Des 
Moines, Iowa.

Agenda

    The public business meeting will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. with 
opening remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton. The Board will address 
both old and new business during this time and will hear from USAID, 
the university community and other experts on progress and mechanisms 
for advancing programming in agricultural research and capacity 
development. During the business session the BIFAD will host a panel of 
key authors who will discuss trends in funding for Global Agricultural 
Research and Development and Innovation, moderated by BIFAD member 
Catherine Bertini. The BIFAD then will receive updates from USAID on 
its Feed the Future Innovation Labs and the Higher Education Solutions 
Network in a panel moderated by BIFAD member Marty McVey. The BIFAD 
chair will present the reinstituted `BIFAD Award for Scientific 
Excellence in a USAID Collaborative Research Support Program.' 
Additional time for public comment will be allowed following the award. 
At 12:15, the BIFAD will adjourn for lunch followed by afternoon panel 
sessions.
    In the afternoon starting promptly at 2:00 p.m. the BIFAD Chair 
Brady Deaton and Julie Borlaug from Texas A&M will make opening remarks 
to convene the first of four panels focused on Human and Institutional 
Capacity Development (HICD) in Agricultural Research; Agricultural 
Training and Education; Extension; Policy, Agribusiness and Open Data; 
and Exploration of Capacity Development Opportunities with the Private 
Sector and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Time will be allowed 
for public comment. These panels will be followed by a poster session 
and reception hosted by the U.S. Agency for International Development 
and BIFAD. The central theme of this year's meeting will be ``Human and 
Institutional Capacity Development.''
    Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and Chancellor of the University of 
Missouri at Columbia, will preside over the meeting.

Stakeholders

    Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD contact Susan Owens, Executive Director and 
Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Interested persons may write to 
her in care the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald 
Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Room 2.09-067, Washington, DC, 20523-2110 or telephone her at 
(202) 712-0218.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Owens, Executive Director and 
Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD.

    Dated: September 17, 2013.
Susan Owens,
Executive Director and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
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