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Vol. 78, No. 184 

Monday, September 23, 2013 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of October 15 Board for 

International Food and Agricultural 

Development (BIFAD) Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: 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). 

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Location: Downtown Des Moines 

Marriott, 700 Grand Avenue, Des 

Moines, Iowa. 

Agenda 

The public business meeting will 

begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. with 

opening remarks by BIFAD Chair Brady 

Deaton. The Board will address both old 

and new business during this time and 

will hear from USAID, the university 

community and other experts on 

progress and mechanisms for advancing 

programming in agricultural research 

and capacity development. During the 

business session the BIFAD will host a 

panel of key authors who will discuss 

trends in funding for Global 

Agricultural Research and Development 

and Innovation, moderated by BIFAD 

member Catherine Bertini. The BIFAD 

then will receive updates from USAID 

on its Feed the Future Innovation Labs 

and the Higher Education Solutions 

Network in a panel moderated by 

BIFAD member Marty McVey. The 

BIFAD chair will present the 

reinstituted ‘BIFAD Award for Scientific 

Excellence in a USAID Collaborative 

Research Support Program.’ Additional 

time for public comment will be 

allowed following the award. At 12:15, 

the BIFAD will adjourn for lunch 

followed by afternoon panel sessions. 

In the afternoon starting promptly at 

2:00 p.m. the BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton 

and Julie Borlaug from Texas A&M will 

make opening remarks to convene the 

first of four panels focused on Human 

and Institutional Capacity Development 

(HICD) in Agricultural Research; 

Agricultural Training and Education; 

Extension; Policy, Agribusiness and 

Open Data; and Exploration of Capacity 

Development Opportunities with the 

Private Sector and Massive Open Online 

Courses (MOOCs). Time will be allowed 

for public comment. These panels will 

be followed by a poster session and 

reception hosted by the U.S. Agency for 

International Development and BIFAD. 

The central theme of this year’s meeting 

will be ‘‘Human and Institutional 

Capacity Development.’’ 

Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and 

Chancellor of the University of Missouri 

at Columbia, will preside over the 

meeting. 

Stakeholders 

Those wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain additional information about 

BIFAD contact Susan Owens, Executive 

Director and Designated Federal Officer 

for BIFAD. Interested persons may write 

to her in care the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, Ronald 

Reagan Building, Bureau for Food 

Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Room 2.09–067, Washington, DC, 

20523–2110 or telephone her at (202) 

712–0218. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Owens, Executive Director and 

Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. 

Dated: September 17, 2013. 

Susan Owens, 

Executive Director and Designated Federal 

Officer for BIFAD, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23112 Filed 9–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0069] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Requirements for Poultry and Hatching 

Eggs for Export 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

the export of poultry and hatching eggs 

from the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0069-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0069, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2013-0069 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the export of poultry and 

hatching eggs from the United States, 

contact Dr. Antonio Ramirez, Senior 

Staff Veterinarian, NCIE, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–3355. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 


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