Notice of Meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development and Request for Public Comment, 66030 [2024-18042]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18042]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of Meeting of the Board for International Food and 
Agricultural Development and Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: Agency for International Development (USAID).

ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development 
(BIFAD), an independent advisory committee to the US Agency for 
International Development (USAID) on food and agriculture issues, will 
convene a public meeting on September 17, 2024, ``Demand-Side 
Interventions and Approaches for Healthy Diets.'' The meeting will 
inform BIFAD recommendations to address evidence and evidence gaps, 
areas for additional research, and prioritized approaches and actions 
for USAID, centered around demand-side interventions to improve the 
processing, storage, distribution, sale, purchase, and consumption of 
safe and nutritious food. The program will include USAID, stakeholder, 
and public insights and deliberation of draft recommendations from the 
report.

DATES: September 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: The event is open to the public and will be hosted in person 
at the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, at 529 14th St NW, 
Washington, DC 20045. Virtual participation will also be possible via 
Zoom. In-person seating is limited. In-person participants should 
register at: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uuQPpMer_kiHkrQ4iZNkAOPBZTxYdINPpaKX-AEjzyBURDBGWTRDSjVaMVVHTlQxMFhDTk1GV0JZOCQlQCN0PWcu. Virtual 
participants should register at https://tetratech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hpfZDz2cSd6eYl3wIKpDnA. For registration inquiries, please 
contact Tom my Crocker at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Healthy diets that are diverse, safe, and 
nutritious are central to all development efforts. They are core to the 
work of USAID and Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger 
and food security initiative. However, food security investments have 
historically focused on supply-side interventions to increase the 
production of staple crops, and on livelihoods strengthening to broadly 
increase consumer purchasing power. Relatively less attention has been 
paid to promoting safe nutritious foods and generating consumer demand 
for them. Emerging evidence indicates that a supply-side approach, 
which largely neglects incorporating a nutrition-sensitive lens, may 
not be sufficient to achieve healthy diets and overcome malnutrition.
    A public meeting on September 17, 2024 will inform BIFAD 
recommendations to shape the next steps in USAID's strategic thinking 
and policy prioritization towards the objective of achieving healthy 
diets for all. This meeting will address evidence and evidence gaps, 
areas for additional research, and prioritized approaches and actions 
for USAID, centered around demand-side interventions and approaches to 
improve the processing, storage, distribution, sale, purchase, and 
consumption of safe and nutritious food.
    Also relevant is the interplay between businesses and consumers, 
including building strong relationships of trust, positive business 
behaviors, and informed consumer purchasing behaviors and preferences. 
The geographic focus will be on low- and middle-income contexts in Feed 
the Future Target Countries. The meeting will include a presentation of 
key findings from a review prepared for BIFAD and an expert roundtable 
event, to be posted publicly on September 3, 2024 at https://www.usaid.gov/bifad prior to the public meeting.
    Key questions to be addressed at the meeting include:
    1. How can USAID work better with communities, national governments 
and private sector stakeholders to enhance consumer demand for safe and 
nutritious foods in ways that improve the diets of whole households, 
including women and children?
    2. How can demand-focused interventions improve the affordability 
of healthy diets?
    3. How can the progress and outcomes of demand-focused 
interventions be measured and evaluated?
    The program will include Agency and stakeholder insights, a public 
comment period, and deliberation of draft findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations. For questions about BIFAD, or to submit written 
comments, evidence, or materials in advance or following the meeting, 
please use this feedback form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi903QVIdhrHDiXPmd3Xe_lFRiXGGeIgaPiARyqjcu3XFYTQ/viewform or 
contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau 
for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at USAID via email at 
[email protected] (Subject: Comment on the BIFAD Demand-Side 
Interventions for Healthy Diets) or telephone at (202) 712-0119. 
Consistent with Executive Order 13166 and the Rehabilitation Act, as 
amended, 29 U.S.C. 794, please submit requests for physical or virtual 
meeting accommodations via email to [email protected].
    BIFAD is a seven-member, presidentially appointed advisory 
committee to USAID established in 1975 under title XII of the Foreign 
Assistance Act, as amended, to ensure that USAID brings the assets of 
U.S. universities to bear on development challenges in agriculture and 
food security, and supports their representation in USAID programming.

Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
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