Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; Notice of Meeting, 16823 [2018-07968]

Download as PDF 16823 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 74 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES 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 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Participants may attend in person or join via livestream. The link to the global live stream as well as registration information can be found on BIFAD’s home page: https://www.usaid.gov/bifad. The central theme of this public meeting will be Resilience Measurement and Analysis. Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair, will preside over the public business meeting, which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. ET with opening remarks. At this meeting, the Board will address old and new business, including the presentation of the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in an Innovation Lab. The purpose of this meeting is to share knowledge about theoretical and applied frameworks for resilience measurement and analysis and to identify opportunities to leverage U.S. university research capabilities to support resilience measurement and analysis. This event responds to priorities identified during the BIFAD meeting at the 2017 World Food Prize and the 2017 USAID Resilience Evidence Summit. The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Missouri. The meeting will feature thought leaders on resilience measurement and analysis from USAID, academia and the practitioner VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Apr 16, 2018 Jkt 244001 community. Speakers include Dr. Greg Collins, Director of USAID’s Center for Resilience and Dr. Mark Constas, Associate Professor at Cornell University, and Chair of the Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Measurement Technical Working Group. At 4:00 p.m. ET, Acting Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour public comment period. At 5:00 p.m., Dr. Deaton will make closing remarks and adjourn the public meeting. Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should 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, BIFAD, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development. [FR Doc. 2018–07968 Filed 4–16–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P 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 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Participants may attend in person or join via livestream. The link to the global live stream as well as registration information can be found on BIFAD’s home page: https://www.usaid.gov/bifad. The central theme of this public meeting will be Building an Evidence Base on Rural Youth Employment and Livelihoods. Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair, will preside over the public business meeting, which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. ET with opening remarks. At this meeting, the PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Board will address old and new business and hear updates from USAID and the university community. The purpose of the meeting is to develop a shared understanding of rural labor markets and youth-specific constraints, discuss the evidence base on programs that aim to improve rural youth employment and livelihoods, outline cross-sectoral opportunities to support and empower youth to take advantage of agricultural system market opportunities, and identify knowledge gaps on which U.S. university research partners can generate evidence to address. Following the opening remarks, the meeting will feature experts as well as panel discussions on the following topics: • A Conceptual Framework on Youth and Agricultural Transformation; • Framing the Evidence Base on Rural Youth Employment and Livelihoods; • Youth Perspectives: Challenges and Opportunities in the Agricultural and Food Sectors; • Youth Productivity: Technology, Mechanization, and Global Value Chains; • Gender Considerations and Youth Employment; • Research, Learning and USAID Programming: The Role of U.S. University Research Partners in Generating Evidence. The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Missouri. Expert speakers include Dr. Louise Fox, USAID Chief Economist and Dr. David Tschirley, Food Security Group Co-Director, Michigan State University. At 4:15 p.m. ET, Acting Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour public comment period. At 5:00 p.m., Dr. Deaton will make closing remarks and adjourn the public meeting. Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should 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, E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-07968]


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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 17, 2018 / 
Notices

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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 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at the Rotunda, Ronald 
Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC. Participants may attend in person or join via 
livestream. The link to the global live stream as well as registration 
information can be found on BIFAD's home page: https://www.usaid.gov/bifad.
    The central theme of this public meeting will be Resilience 
Measurement and Analysis. Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair, will 
preside over the public business meeting, which will begin promptly at 
9:00 a.m. ET with opening remarks. At this meeting, the Board will 
address old and new business, including the presentation of the BIFAD 
Award for Scientific Excellence in an Innovation Lab. The purpose of 
this meeting is to share knowledge about theoretical and applied 
frameworks for resilience measurement and analysis and to identify 
opportunities to leverage U.S. university research capabilities to 
support resilience measurement and analysis. This event responds to 
priorities identified during the BIFAD meeting at the 2017 World Food 
Prize and the 2017 USAID Resilience Evidence Summit.
    The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Brady Deaton, Acting BIFAD Chair 
and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Missouri. The meeting will 
feature thought leaders on resilience measurement and analysis from 
USAID, academia and the practitioner community. Speakers include Dr. 
Greg Collins, Director of USAID's Center for Resilience and Dr. Mark 
Constas, Associate Professor at Cornell University, and Chair of the 
Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Measurement Technical Working 
Group.
    At 4:00 p.m. ET, Acting Chairman Deaton will moderate a half-hour 
public comment period. At 5:00 p.m., Dr. Deaton will make closing 
remarks and adjourn the public meeting.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD should 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, BIFAD, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2018-07968 Filed 4-16-18; 8:45 am]
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