Notice of Meeting: Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, 34098 [2018-15413]

Download as PDF 34098 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 139 Thursday, July 19, 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 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 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 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at the Madison A&B on the Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd. 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 US Benefits Leveraged from Strategic Investments in Developing Country Agriculture and Food Security. Dr. Mark Keenum, 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, and then invite Agricultural & Applied Economics Association members and other interested individuals to engage in a dialogue and provide feedback on a new study that is being commissioned by BIFAD and USAID. This study will conduct a metaanalysis of US benefits and capabilities that are leveraged from strategic investments in developing country agriculture and food security. Presenting at the meeting is Dr. Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), who is leading the study for BIFAD. Dr. Glauber served over 30 years at the US Department of Agriculture, including as Chief Economist from 2008 to 2014. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jul 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 Beginning at 11:15 a.m. ET, Chairman Keenum will moderate a half-hour public comment period. The public meeting will adjourn at 12:00 p.m. ET with Dr. Keenum’s closing remarks. 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. 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[FR Doc No: 2018-15413]


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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. 139 / Thursday, July 19, 2018 / 
Notices

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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 9:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at the Madison A&B 
on the Mezzanine Level, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd. 
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 US Benefits 
Leveraged from Strategic Investments in Developing Country Agriculture 
and Food Security. Dr. Mark Keenum, 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, and then invite Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 
members and other interested individuals to engage in a dialogue and 
provide feedback on a new study that is being commissioned by BIFAD and 
USAID. This study will conduct a meta-analysis of US benefits and 
capabilities that are leveraged from strategic investments in 
developing country agriculture and food security. Presenting at the 
meeting is Dr. Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow at the 
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), who is leading 
the study for BIFAD. Dr. Glauber served over 30 years at the US 
Department of Agriculture, including as Chief Economist from 2008 to 
2014.
    Beginning at 11:15 a.m. ET, Chairman Keenum will moderate a half-
hour public comment period. The public meeting will adjourn at 12:00 
p.m. ET with Dr. Keenum's closing remarks.
    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. 2018-15413 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
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