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Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; Notice of
Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
a public meeting of the Board for
International Food and Agricultural
Development (BIFAD), Agricultural
Growth, Economic Transformation, and
the Journey to Self-Reliance:
Implications for USAID Programming.
The meeting will be held on October 13,
2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 EDT online.
A public comment period is scheduled
from 3:00 to 3:20 p.m., EDT. The
meeting will be livestreamed via Zoom
(registration required) and accessible at
https://www.aplu.org/projects-andinitiatives/international-programs/
bifad/bifad-meetings.html.
The U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) is reorienting its
strategies, partnership models, and
program practices to achieve greater
development outcomes and strive
toward a future where foreign assistance
is no longer necessary. The approach,
outlined in the Agency’s Policy
Framework,1 emphasizes the concept of
‘‘self-reliance’’ 2—defined as the
capacity and commitment of a country
to plan, finance, and implement
solutions to solve its own development
challenges in an effective, inclusive, and
accountable way.
The Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development (BIFAD) will
convene a public meeting to better
understand the concept of economic
transformation—how underdeveloped
and agrarian-based countries shift from
subsistence agriculture to a
commercially oriented economy with
diverse agricultural, manufacturing, and
service sectors—and how it contributes
1 https://www.usaid.gov/policyframework.
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to a country’s resilience to shocks, such
as COVID–19, and its progression
toward self-reliance. Authors of a
BIFAD-commissioned study will share
preliminary findings and lessons
learned on emerging success stories in
agricultural productivity-led economic
transformation and will discuss the
implications of this evidence for
USAID’s agricultural and food security
development and social safety net
priorities and programming.
On the basis of testimony, including
public comments, shared at the meeting,
BIFAD will provide formal findings,
conclusions, and recommendations to
the Agency on best-bet operational and
programmatic investments for
catalyzing agricultural productivity and
economic transformation.
BIFAD is a seven-member,
presidentially appointed advisory board
to USAID established in 1975 under
Title XII of the Foreign Assistance Act,
as amended. The provisions of Title XII
concern bringing assets of U.S.
universities to bear on development
challenges in agriculture and food
security, and the BIFAD’s role is to help
carry out this function.
For questions about registration,
please contact Jordan Merker at (202)
478–6087. For questions about BIFAD,
please contact Clara Cohen, Designated
Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau
for Resilience and Food Security at
USAID. Interested persons may email
her at ccohen@usaid.gov or telephone
her at (202) 712–0119.
Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
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or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
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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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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 a public meeting of the Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development (BIFAD), Agricultural Growth, Economic
Transformation, and the Journey to Self-Reliance: Implications for
USAID Programming. The meeting will be held on October 13, 2020 from
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 EDT online. A public comment period is scheduled from
3:00 to 3:20 p.m., EDT. The meeting will be livestreamed via Zoom
(registration required) and accessible at https://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/international-programs/bifad/bifad-meetings.html.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is
reorienting its strategies, partnership models, and program practices
to achieve greater development outcomes and strive toward a future
where foreign assistance is no longer necessary. The approach, outlined
in the Agency's Policy Framework,\1\ emphasizes the concept of ``self-
reliance'' \2\--defined as the capacity and commitment of a country to
plan, finance, and implement solutions to solve its own development
challenges in an effective, inclusive, and accountable way.
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\1\ https://www.usaid.gov/policyframework.
\2\ https://www.usaid.gov/selfreliance.
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The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
(BIFAD) will convene a public meeting to better understand the concept
of economic transformation--how underdeveloped and agrarian-based
countries shift from subsistence agriculture to a commercially oriented
economy with diverse agricultural, manufacturing, and service sectors--
and how it contributes to a country's resilience to shocks, such as
COVID-19, and its progression toward self-reliance. Authors of a BIFAD-
commissioned study will share preliminary findings and lessons learned
on emerging success stories in agricultural productivity-led economic
transformation and will discuss the implications of this evidence for
USAID's agricultural and food security development and social safety
net priorities and programming.
On the basis of testimony, including public comments, shared at the
meeting, BIFAD will provide formal findings, conclusions, and
recommendations to the Agency on best-bet operational and programmatic
investments for catalyzing agricultural productivity and economic
transformation.
BIFAD is a seven-member, presidentially appointed advisory board to
USAID established in 1975 under Title XII of the Foreign Assistance
Act, as amended. The provisions of Title XII concern bringing assets of
U.S. universities to bear on development challenges in agriculture and
food security, and the BIFAD's role is to help carry out this function.
For questions about registration, please contact Jordan Merker at
(202) 478-6087. For questions about BIFAD, please contact Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for Resilience and
Food Security at USAID. Interested persons may email her at
[email protected] or telephone her at (202) 712-0119.
Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
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