[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 49245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20311]


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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 a public meeting of the Board for International Food and 
Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:20 p.m. CDT at the Hotel Downtown Marriott in Des Moines 
Iowa. The meeting will be livestreamed and accessible at http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/international-programs/bifad/bifad-meetings.html.
    A morning session on Agriculture and Food Security in Conflict-
Affected and Fragile Context will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 
CDT, with a public comment period from 12:00 to 12:25 p.m. CDT.
    There is an urgent need to understand the unique challenges of 
improving the agricultural sector and food security in conflict-
affected and fragile contexts--including those in which large 
populations are displaced--in order to strengthen investments in 
evidence-based food and agriculture programming tailored for these 
contexts. This BIFAD public meeting begins to address this need by 
bringing stakeholders and sector experts together for a timely 
discussion on the subject.
    The morning session will specifically address the following 
questions: What is the state of knowledge on the relationship between 
conflict, fragility and food systems? What are the implications of this 
relationship for food security? How can food security and agricultural 
investments be most effective in preventing conflict or accelerating 
recovery in post-conflict settings? What are the unique needs of 
affected populations?
    From 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT, a new BIFAD-commissioned study, 
How the United States Benefits from Agricultural and Food Security 
Investments in Developing Countries, will be launched, with a public 
comment period from 3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CDT.
    From 3:45 to 4:20, the BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a 
Feed the Future Innovation Lab will be announced and presented to award 
recipients.
    BIFAD is a seven-member, presidentially appointed advisory board to 
USAID established in 1975 under Title XII of the Foreign Assistance 
Act, as amended. The provisions of Title XII concern bringing assets of 
U.S. universities to bear on development challenges in agriculture and 
food security, and the BIFAD's role is to help carry out this function.
    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, email her at [email protected], or telephone 
her at (202) 712-0119.

Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
[FR Doc. 2019-20311 Filed 9-18-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6116-02-P