Notice of Meeting: Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, 17001 [2012-7014]
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Notice of Meeting: Board for
International Food and Agricultural
Development
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 2:30 p.m. on
April 13, 2012 at the National Press
Club located at 529 14th St. NW.,
Washington, DC. The central theme of
this year’s meeting will center on the
breadth of university partnerships in
agricultural research and development
with USAID and the future of those
relationships.
Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and
Chancellor of the University of Missouri
at Columbia, will preside over the
meeting.
The public meeting will begin
promptly at 8:30 a.m. with opening
remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton.
The Board will address both old and
new business during this time and hear
from USAID on the implementation of
the agricultural research strategy. Two
board members will discuss outcomes of
recent research inception workshops on
sustainable intensification, hosted by
USAID in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Two
other board members will then offer
comments on their travel to and
participation in events and planning
meetings related to the USAID
Collaborative Research Support Program
(CRSP). Time will then be allowed for
public comment. The board will then
break for closed lunch.
In the afternoon, the board will hear
from Dr. Alex Dehgan, USAID Chief
Scientist, on the Grand Challenges for
Development initiative and the Higher
Education Solutions Network Request
for Assistance, in which academic
institutions were invited to participate.
Another opportunity will be allowed for
public comment. The Board members
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greatly benefit in hearing from the
stakeholder community and others. To
ensure that as many participants as
possible have the opportunity to
contribute to the morning’s discussion,
comments will be restricted to 3
minutes each for each commenter.
Those wishing to attend the meeting
or obtain additional information about
BIFAD should contact Susan Owens,
Executive Director and Designated
Federal Officer for BIFAD. 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., Room 2.12–
001, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or
telephone her at (202) 712–0218.
Susan Owens,
USAID Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
USDA Public Stakeholder Meeting:
Match Making in the Biofuels Value
Chain
Office of the Chief Economist,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) is hosting a
match making day at the USDA, to
promote the necessary connections
between agricultural producers of
energy feedstocks (and their related
businesses) with biorefiners seeking to
produce biofuels for commercial sale
and consumption. Officials from the
U.S. Department of Navy, U.S.
Department of Energy, and the U.S.
Department of Transportation will also
be attending, making presentations and
answering questions. The objectives of
this match making session will be to
improve awareness and increase
understanding of the biofuels supply
chain links between all those involved
in feedstock production and the
processors of that feedstock into
biofuels. This includes logistical
challenges, potential roles of ancillary
service providers, and potential pitfalls
and blindspots. At this meeting, federal
officials will provide a short profile of
each section of the supply chain and
representatives from the participating
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stakeholders will respond with short
formal presentations that outline their
experiences in that respective supply
chain sector, barriers and lessons
learned, and potential growth and
opportunities. Short presentations will
be made at the top of each hour
followed by table discussions, at which
a representative from each of the sectors
of the biofuels supply chain should be
seated, as well as one or more
government officials.
The meeting will be held on
March 30, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Attendees are requested to arrive by
9:30 a.m. in order to pass through
USDA’s security clearance.
DATES:
Patio, United States
Department of Agriculture Whitten
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20250.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harry S. Baumes, Director, Office of
Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of
the Chief Economist; telephone (202)
401–0461; or email:
hbaumes@oce.usda.gov.
In order to
assure sufficient space and seating,
prospective attendees are asked to
register by sending an email to OSEC–
RESupplyChain@osec.usda.gov: identify
as the Subject ‘‘MARCH 30
REGISTRATION’’; and include the
following information:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Name of the Company:
Name and Title of Attendees:
Address:
Phone number:
Email:
Web site:
Please Describe Your Position on the
Biofuels Production Value Chain:
(feedstock seed developer or provider,
feedstock grower or harvester, feedstock
processor, feedstock transporter,
feedstock storage provider, bio-refiner,
feedstock machinery manufacturer/
provider, other).
Signed in Washington, DC on March 19,
2012.
Joseph W. Glauber,
Chief Economist, Office of the Chief
Economist, Department of Agriculture.
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Agency for International Development
Notice of Meeting: Board for International Food and Agricultural
Development
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 2:30 p.m. on April 13, 2012 at the National Press Club located
at 529 14th St. NW., Washington, DC. The central theme of this year's
meeting will center on the breadth of university partnerships in
agricultural research and development with USAID and the future of
those relationships.
Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and Chancellor of the University of
Missouri at Columbia, will preside over the meeting.
The public meeting will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. with opening
remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton. The Board will address both old
and new business during this time and hear from USAID on the
implementation of the agricultural research strategy. Two board members
will discuss outcomes of recent research inception workshops on
sustainable intensification, hosted by USAID in Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Two other board members will then offer comments on their travel to and
participation in events and planning meetings related to the USAID
Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP). Time will then be
allowed for public comment. The board will then break for closed lunch.
In the afternoon, the board will hear from Dr. Alex Dehgan, USAID
Chief Scientist, on the Grand Challenges for Development initiative and
the Higher Education Solutions Network Request for Assistance, in which
academic institutions were invited to participate. Another opportunity
will be allowed for public comment. The Board members greatly benefit
in hearing from the stakeholder community and others. To ensure that as
many participants as possible have the opportunity to contribute to the
morning's discussion, comments will be restricted to 3 minutes each for
each commenter.
Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional
information about BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, Executive Director
and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. 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., Room 2.12-001, Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone her at (202)
712-0218.
Susan Owens,
USAID Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
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