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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; Notice of
Meeting
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Amendment to Original Notice: ‘‘Board
for International Food and Agricultural
Development; Notice of Meeting’’ [FR
Doc. 2011–14245 Filed 6–8–11; 8:45 am]
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 1 p.m. on June
24, 2011 at the National Press Club
located at 529 14th St., NW.,
Washington, DC. ‘‘Higher Education: A
Critical Partner in the Feed the Future’’
will set the tone for the meeting.
Dr. Brady Deaton, the new Chair of
BIFAD, will preside over the
proceedings. Dr. Deaton is the
Chancellor of the University of Missouri
at Columbia.
The announcement of the 2011 World
Food Prize Laureate at the State
Department on June 21 and the ‘‘Feed
the Future’’ Research Forum from June
21 to 23 provide the backdrop for the
BIFAD public meeting on June 24. The
meeting will include the participation of
five new BIFAD presidential
appointments. Including Dr. Deaton,
those new members are Jo Luck,
President of Heifer International, Marty
McVey of McVey & Company
Investments Inc., Gebisa Ejeta,
Distinguished Professor, Department of
Agronomy, Purdue University and
Catherine Bertini, Chair, International
Relations Program and Professor,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Board members with continuing service
include Elsa Murano, Professor and
President Emerita of Texas A&M
University and William DeLauder,
President Emeritus of Delaware State
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University. After opening remarks by
Dr. Deaton, USAID Administrator Rajiv
Shah will formally swear in the new
Board members and make a short
presentation. At the conclusion of Dr.
Shah’s remarks, Dr. Deaton will
acknowledge immediate past Chair
Robert Easter and the other outgoing
Board members for their service.
The BIFAD Summer public meeting
will focus heavily on the USAID Feed
the Future (FtF) Initiative. The first
session will offer USAID, USDA and
Department of Treasury perspectives on
the strategic policy considerations for
FtF and the implications of the
multilateral process. The panel of
speakers will include Paul Weisenfeld,
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Food Security; Julie Howard, Deputy
Coordinator, Feed the Future; and Lona
Stoll, USDA Coordinator, Feed the
Future. Elsa Murano, Chair, Department
of Agriculture, Texas A&M University
and BIFAD member, will serve as
respondent and provide university
perspectives.
The second FtF session will review
outcomes of the Association of Public
and Land-grant Universities (APLU)-led
consultative process in response to the
FtF research strategy. Dr. Montague
Demment, Professor of Ecology at
University of California-Davis and
Associate Vice President for
International Development of APLU,
will provide an overview of the
consultative process for the Board.
USAID staff will provide an overview of
the research priority outcomes. Because
the Collaborative Research Support
Programs (CRSPs) are among the major
Title XII university-based research
programs, Irvin Widders, Director, Dry
Grains Pulse CRSP, Michigan State
University, will serve as a respondent to
address additional issues.
The Board meeting is open to the
public, and time will be allotted for a
public comment period. The Board
benefits greatly in hearing from the
stakeholder community and others. To
ensure that as many people as possible
have the opportunity to contribute to
the morning’s discussions, comments
will be restricted to three minutes for
each commenter. At the conclusion of
the public comment period, the Board
will adjourn the meeting to proceed to
an executive luncheon and meeting
(closed to the public).
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Those wishing to obtain additional
information about BIFAD or attend the
meeting can refer to the Web site at
https://www.usaid.gov/our_work/
agriculture/bifad/, or contact Susan
Owens, Executive Director and
Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD.
Interested persons may write her in care
of the U.S. Agency for International
Development, Ronald Reagan Building,
Bureau for Food Security, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 7.8–
061, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or
telephone her at (202) 712–0218 or fax
(202) 216–3124.
John A. Becker,
Acting USAID Designated Federal Officer for
BIFAD, Office of Development Partners, U.S.
Agency for International Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
USDA Increases the Domestic Sugar
Overall Allotment Quantity, Reassigns
Domestic Cane Sugar Allotments, and
Increases the Fiscal Year 2011 Raw
Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Secretary of Agriculture
today announced an increase in the
domestic sugar Overall Allotment
Quantity (OAQ); a reassignment of
surplus sugar under domestic cane
sugar allotments of 120,000 short tons
raw value (STRV) to imports; and an
increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2011 raw
sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of the same
amount.
DATES: Effective: June 22, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angel F. Gonzalez, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, AgStop 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Washington,
DC 20250–1021; or by telephone (202)
720–2916; or by fax to (202) 720–0876;
or by e-mail to
angel.f.gonzalez@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA’s
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
today announces an increase in the FY
2011 (October 1, 2010–September 30,
2011) OAQ under the Sugar Marketing
Allotment Program to 9,400,000 STRV
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice
of Meeting
Amendment to Original Notice: ``Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting'' [FR Doc. 2011-14245 Filed
6-8-11; 8:45 am]
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 1 p.m. on June 24, 2011 at the National Press Club located at
529 14th St., NW., Washington, DC. ``Higher Education: A Critical
Partner in the Feed the Future'' will set the tone for the meeting.
Dr. Brady Deaton, the new Chair of BIFAD, will preside over the
proceedings. Dr. Deaton is the Chancellor of the University of Missouri
at Columbia.
The announcement of the 2011 World Food Prize Laureate at the State
Department on June 21 and the ``Feed the Future'' Research Forum from
June 21 to 23 provide the backdrop for the BIFAD public meeting on June
24. The meeting will include the participation of five new BIFAD
presidential appointments. Including Dr. Deaton, those new members are
Jo Luck, President of Heifer International, Marty McVey of McVey &
Company Investments Inc., Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor,
Department of Agronomy, Purdue University and Catherine Bertini, Chair,
International Relations Program and Professor, Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Board members with
continuing service include Elsa Murano, Professor and President Emerita
of Texas A&M University and William DeLauder, President Emeritus of
Delaware State University. After opening remarks by Dr. Deaton, USAID
Administrator Rajiv Shah will formally swear in the new Board members
and make a short presentation. At the conclusion of Dr. Shah's remarks,
Dr. Deaton will acknowledge immediate past Chair Robert Easter and the
other outgoing Board members for their service.
The BIFAD Summer public meeting will focus heavily on the USAID
Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative. The first session will offer USAID,
USDA and Department of Treasury perspectives on the strategic policy
considerations for FtF and the implications of the multilateral
process. The panel of speakers will include Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Food Security; Julie Howard, Deputy
Coordinator, Feed the Future; and Lona Stoll, USDA Coordinator, Feed
the Future. Elsa Murano, Chair, Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M
University and BIFAD member, will serve as respondent and provide
university perspectives.
The second FtF session will review outcomes of the Association of
Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)-led consultative process in
response to the FtF research strategy. Dr. Montague Demment, Professor
of Ecology at University of California-Davis and Associate Vice
President for International Development of APLU, will provide an
overview of the consultative process for the Board. USAID staff will
provide an overview of the research priority outcomes. Because the
Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs) are among the major
Title XII university-based research programs, Irvin Widders, Director,
Dry Grains Pulse CRSP, Michigan State University, will serve as a
respondent to address additional issues.
The Board meeting is open to the public, and time will be allotted
for a public comment period. The Board benefits greatly in hearing from
the stakeholder community and others. To ensure that as many people as
possible have the opportunity to contribute to the morning's
discussions, comments will be restricted to three minutes for each
commenter. At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board
will adjourn the meeting to proceed to an executive luncheon and
meeting (closed to the public).
Those wishing to obtain additional information about BIFAD or
attend the meeting can refer to the Web site at https://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/bifad/, or contact Susan Owens, Executive
Director and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Interested persons
may write her in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development,
Ronald Reagan Building, Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Room 7.8-061, Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone her
at (202) 712-0218 or fax (202) 216-3124.
John A. Becker,
Acting USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of
Development Partners, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-15611 Filed 6-21-11; 8:45 am]
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