[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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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 26, 2018 /
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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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