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Vol. 72, No. 89 

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Board for International Food and 

Agricultural Development; One 

Hundred and Fifty-First Meeting; 

Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of 

the one hundred and fifty-first meeting 

of the Board for International Food and 

Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The 

meeting will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 

4 p.m. on May 15, 2007 at the Hyatt 

Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill; located 

at 400 New Jersey, NW., Washington, 

DC. The meeting venue is in the Hyatt 

Regency’s Congressional Rooms C, D, 

and E which are located on the hotel’s 

lobby level. 

The morning session, which focuses 

on foreign development assistance, will 

be opened by Dr. Robert Easter, Interim 

Chairman of the BIFAD. Dr. Easter is the 

Dean, College of Agriculture, Consumer 

and Environmental Sciences at the 

University of Illinois. He was elected by 

the Board to serve in this capacity upon 

the April 3, 2007 resignation of Mr. 

Peter McPherson. It is planned that the 

Honorable Nita M. Lowey (D–NY), 

Chairman, House Appropriations 

Subcommittee on State and Foreign 

Operations will discuss legislative 

priorities for foreign assistance. Her 

discussion will be followed by a special 

presentation on ‘‘Challenges Facing US 

Foreign Development Assistance: 2008 

and Beyond,’’ and an update by the 

Office of the Director of Foreign 

Assistance (‘‘F’’) on the Foreign 

Assistance Framework and the 2008 

Budget. After a midmorning break the 

Board will discuss operational and 

management issues covering the 

Collaborative Research Support 

Programs (CRSPS), Training, 

Institutional Capacity Building, and 

Universities as Sub-contractors as 

related to Title XII. 

Following the executive luncheon, 

which is closed to the public, the Board 

will discuss the strategic direction of 

BIFAD for 2007; especially with regard 

to USAID’s Transformational 

Development thrusts and the 

recommendations made in Richard E. 

Bissell’s 2006 report on 

‘‘Implementation of Title XII’’ to the 

Board. Last on the Agenda, the Board 

will discuss plans for their October 17, 

2007 meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. The 

Iowa meeting will be held in 

conjunction with the World Food Prize 

Symposium. The October meeting’s 

theme ‘‘Bio-Energy and Implications’’ 

will align with that of the World Food 

Symposium’s. 

This Board meeting is free and open 

to the public. Those wishing to attend 

the meeting or obtain additional 

information about BIFAD should 

contact Ronald S. Senykoff, the 

Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. 

Write him in care of the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, Ronald 

Reagan Building, Office of Agriculture, 

Bureau for Economic Growth, 

Agriculture and Trade, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2.11– 

085, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or 

telephone him at (202) 712–0218 or fax 

(202) 216–3010. 

Ronald S. Senykoff, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 

Office of Agriculture, Bureau for Economic 

Growth, Agriculture & Trade, U.S. Agency 

for International Development. 

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