[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-03862]


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 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 8:30 
a.m. to 12:25 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the National 
Press Club, 529 14th Street NW., Washington, DC The meeting will be 
streamed live on the Internet. The link to the global live stream is on 
BIFAD's home page: http://www.usaid.gov/bifad.
    The central theme of this public meeting will be University and 
CGIAR engagement in international agricultural research. Dr. Brady 
Deaton, BIFAD Chair, will preside over the public business meeting, 
which will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. EDT with opening remarks. At 
this meeting, the Board will address old and new business and hear 
updates from USAID, the university community, and other experts on the 
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CIGAR) and 
partner engagement in feeding the world's population.
    Following new business, Chairman Deaton will introduce USAID Higher 
Education Coordinator Dr. Barbara Schneeman to give remarks. At 9:00 
a.m. Dr. Beth Dunford, USAID/Bureau for Food Security Assistant to the 
Administrator and Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the 
Future, will provide an update to BIFAD and the public on Feed the 
Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger and food security 
initiative.
    Starting at 9:15 a.m., BIFAD Board Member Cary Fowler will moderate 
a panel to inform BIFAD and the public on trends and issues around 
CGIAR engagement. Presenters for this panel are Dr. Robert Bertram, 
USAID/Bureau for Food Security; Dr. Juergen Voegele, The World Bank; 
Dr. Molly Jahn, CGIAR Board; Dr. Marianne Banziger, International Maize 
and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
    Starting at 10:45 a.m., Association for Public and Land-grant 
University (APLU) President, Dr. Peter McPherson, will moderate a panel 
on Feed the Future University engagement with the CGIAR. Presenters for 
this panel are Dr. Michael Clark, University of California, Davis (Feed 
the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Markets Access); Dr. Vara 
Prasad, Kansas State University (Feed the Future Innovation Lab for 
Sustainable Intensification); Dr. Adegbola Adesogan, University of 
Florida (Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems); Susan 
Johnson, University of California, Davis (Borlaug LEAP Program).
    At 12:00 p.m., Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour public 
comment period. At 12:25 p.m. EDT Dr. Deaton, will make closing remarks 
and adjourn the public meeting.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, Executive Director 
and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for Food 
Security at USAID. Interested persons may write to her in care of 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.

Susan Owens,
Executive Director and USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 
Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-03862 Filed 2-23-16; 8:45 am]
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