[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56588-56589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17786]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Meeting; Board for International Food and Agricultural 
Development

AGENCY: Agency for International Development.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development 
(BIFAD) (see https://www.usaid.gov/bifad), an advisory committee on 
food and agriculture issues to the US Agency for International 
Development (USAID), is hosting a full-day public meeting, Elevating 
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in USAID's Agricultural, 
Nutrition, and Food System Programming to Inform Strategy 
Implementation: A Discussion of the BIFAD Climate Change Subcommittee 
Draft Commissioned Report, to address the opportunities and challenges 
of transformational climate change adaptation and mitigation in USAID's 
agricultural, nutrition, and food systems programming. The meeting will 
highlight a draft commissioned report guided by the BIFAD Subcommittee 
on Systemic Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, a subordinate unit of BIFAD 
established in June 2022 in response to a USAID request for advice on 
addressing the climate crisis in agricultural, nutrition, and food 
systems. The program will include Agency, stakeholder, and public 
insights and deliberation of draft recommendations from the report on 
integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation opportunities 
within USAID's agricultural, nutrition, and food system programming, 
research investments, and operational practices, as well as mobilizing 
climate finance for more resilient and sustainable food systems.

DATES: Monday, September 11, 2023, from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT and 
1:30-3:30 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The event is open to the public and will be hosted in person 
at the Willard InterContinental Hotel at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20004, and via ZOOM for virtual participation. All in-
person participants should register at: https://form.jotform.com/232120052737142. If you would like to attend the event virtually, 
please register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z6l1MQ7rTXCxOMeb4pC9UQ. For registration inquiries, please contact 
Rachel Helbig at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public meeting will be organized in two 
sessions:

I. Morning Session: A Vision for USAID Research To Advance Food 
Security, Nutrition, Climate and Environment Goals

    This session will focus on opportunities to integrate climate 
change in implementation of the U.S. Government Global Food Security 
Research Strategy (https://www.feedthefuture.gov/resource/u-s-government-global-food-security-research-strategy-fy22-26/). Speakers 
will explore opportunities to strengthen the relationships among 
environmental, agricultural, nutrition, and food systems research 
programming, promoting investments that take explicit account of 
climate impacts while advancing food security, nutrition, and 
environmental goals. This session will highlight USAID's plans to bring 
a climate change lens to agriculture, nutrition, and food systems 
research in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, other interagency partners, and the higher 
education community, particularly the Feed the Future Innovation Labs, 
in alignment with the U.S. Government Global Food Security Research 
Strategy. The session will invite comments and questions about this 
plan, and the conclusions will inform the specificity and actionability 
of recommendations relevant to research outlined in the BIFAD-
commissioned study.

II. Afternoon Session: A Deliberation of Draft Report Recommendations 
From the BIFAD Subcommittee on Systemic Solutions for Climate Change 
Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems

    This session will provide a platform for the BIFAD Subcommittee on 
Systemic Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems to share and discuss the main 
findings, targets, and recommendations of the draft report with BIFAD, 
USAID representatives, and other stakeholders. These include realistic 
2030 targets for USAID and recommendations to achieve transformative 
change, encompassing both Agency operations and social and technical 
leverage points that merit additional investment. The recommendations 
are intended to support implementation of USAID's 2022-2030 Climate 
Strategy across the agricultural, nutrition, and food systems 
portfolio.
    The Subcommittee's draft report will be linked to www.usaid.gov/BIFAD on September 5, 2023. Members of the public are invited to submit 
written comments on the draft report until September 18, 2023. All 
comments will be included in the public record and considered in 
BIFAD's finalization of recommendations.
    For questions about BIFAD, or to submit written comments, evidence, 
or materials in advance or following the meeting, please use this 
feedback form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi903QVIdhrHDiXPmd3Xe_lFRiXGGeIgaPiARyqjcu3XFYTQ/viewform) or 
contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau 
for Resilience and Food Security at USAID via email at [email protected] 
(Subject: Comment on the BIFAD Subcommittee on Climate Change 
Recommendations) or telephone at (202) 712-0119.
    The BIFAD is a seven-member, presidentially appointed advisory 
board to the USAID established in 1975 under title XII of the Foreign 
Assistance Act, as amended, to ensure that USAID brings the assets of 
U.S. universities to bear on development challenges in agriculture and 
food security and

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supports their representation in USAID programming.

Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
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