[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-10934]


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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 12:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 20, 2016, at the Center Ballroom, 
Alumni-Foundation Event Center, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical 
State University, 200 North Benbow Road, Greensboro, NC 27411. 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 Collaboration: 
Leadership, Innovation and Sustainable Technology to Meet the Demands 
of Global Agriculture. 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 role of technology and innovation in meeting the 
demands of feeding the world's population.
    Starting at 9:15 a.m., BIFAD will hear from the first panel, 
moderated by Dr. Valerie Giddings, Interim Associate Dean for research 
in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, on N.C. A&T 
Leadership in International Agricultural Innovation. Panelists include: 
Dr. Manuel Reyes, Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and 
Environmental Design in the School of Agriculture and Environmental 
Sciences; Dr. Osei Yeboah, Professor and Interim Director of the 
Leonard C. Cooper, Jr. International Trade Center; Dr. Anthony Yeboah, 
Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Agribusiness, Applied 
Economics and Agriscience Education.
    Starting at 10:30 a.m., the second panel will present on 
Sustainable Technology Development to Meet Demands of Global 
Agriculture. Moderating this panel is Vice President of Agricultural 
Biotech Scott Johnson. Panelists include Dr. Nic Bate, Group Leader for 
Agronomic Traits, Syngenta, Dr. Gregory Kelly, COO, SoBran BioScience, 
and Kathy Flores, General Manager, Purdue Farms Specialty Crops.
    At 11:30 a.m., Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour public 
comment period. At 12:00 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 Clara Cohen, Interim 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., Washington, DC 20523-2110 or 
telephone her at (202) 712-0119.

Clara Cohen,
USAID Interim Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Bureau for Food 
Security, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-10934 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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