[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20942]


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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 9 a.m. 
to 12 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at the Downtown Des Moines 
Marriott Hotel, Davenport and Dubuque Rooms, 700 Grand Avenue, Des 
Moines Iowa 50309. Participants may attend in person or join via 
livestream. The link to the global livestream as well as registration 
information can be found on BIFAD's home page and online at http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/international-programs/bifad/bifad-meetings.html.
    The central theme of this public meeting will be ``Improving 
Nutrition through Private Sector Engagement Across Food Systems'' and 
will explore how private sector engagement and market system linkages 
across the food system can help to advance nutrition outcomes. The 
meeting will help to identify opportunities and challenges for the 
public and private sectors to work together at different points in the 
food system to improve the demand, availability, accessibility, and 
affordability of high-quality diets for vulnerable populations. 
Discussions will address how to build a business case for private 
sector involvement in improving diet quality for vulnerable populations 
and how the public sector can support and incentivize that business 
case. Recommendations coming out of the meeting will help to inform 
USAID's future focus in this area.
    The meeting will also include the announcement of the winners of 
the BIFAD Prize for Scientific Excellence and an update on a BIFAD-
commissioned study on the U.S. benefits and capabilities leveraged of 
USAID investments in developing country agriculture and food security. 
Following an introduction by Dr. Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, USAID 
Bureau for Food Security, a keynote address by Dr. Lawrence Haddad, 
Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and 
framing remarks by Dr. William Masters, Professor, Friedman School of 
Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, two panels will 
address: (1) Aspects of the enabling environment that can help 
accelerate private sector engagement in nutrition and (2) key drivers 
of private sector engagement to improve diet quality, including aspects 
of labeling, marketing, standards, and accountability systems. A public 
comment period is scheduled from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. CDT.
    For questions about registration, please contact Devin Furguson at 
[email protected] or (202) 478-6030. For questions about BIFAD, please 
contact Clara Cohen, 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,
Designated Federal Officer, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
[FR Doc. 2018-20942 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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