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Vol. 79, No. 186 

Thursday, September 25, 2014 

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 

the public meeting of the Board for 

International Food and Agricultural 

Development (BIFAD). The meeting will 

be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on 

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 in Salon B of 

the Des Moines Marriott Downtown 

Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa. The meeting 

will be streamed live on the Internet. 

The link to the global live stream is on 

BIFAD’s home page: http:// 

www.usaid.gov/bifad. 

The central theme of this year’s 

meeting will be Feeding the World in 

2050: Agricultural Research Capacity 

and Youth Engagement. Dr. Brady 

Deaton, BIFAD Chair, will preside over 

the public business meeting, which will 

begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. with 

opening remarks. At this public 

meeting, the Board will address old and 

new business and hear from USAID, the 

university community, and other 

experts on progress and mechanisms for 

advancing programming in agricultural 

research and capacity development. 

BIFAD Chairman Deaton will present 

an outreach report on his participation 

in the World Edible Legume Research 

Conference hosted by the USAID 

Innovation Lab for Grain Legumes. The 

first panel in the session will inform 

BIFAD and the public on updates from 

USAID principals on the Presidential 

Feed the Future Initiative and other 

USAID initiatives, including progress to 

date and the Feed the Future research, 

policy and capacity development 

strategy. USAID principals also will 

present the USAID Nutrition Strategy. 

Starting at 1:45 p.m., BIFAD member 

Harold Martin will chair a second panel 

on Needs for agricultural research 

capacity to feed the world in 2050. 

George Norton from Virginia 

Polytechnic Institute and State 

University (Virginia Tech) will discuss 

returns to investment in agricultural 

research and Keith Fuglie from the 

USDA Economic Research Service will 

explain the use of Total Factor 

Productivity Studies in measuring 

agricultural research investments. 

The third panel session, chaired by 

BIFAD Chair Deaton, will focus on 

Youth Engagement in Food Security 

Efforts. Dean June Henton will discuss 

the Auburn University Hunger 

Initiative, and Gary Burniske, Purdue 

Managing Director of the Purdue 

University Global Food Security Center, 

will provide an update on the Global 

Food Security Fellows Program, a 

USAID program for US university 

students. 

At 3:30 p.m. the BIFAD Awards for 

Scientific Excellence in a Title XII 

Innovation Lab will be announced and 

presented by Chair Deaton and BIFAD 

member Waded Cruzado, followed by a 

half-hour public comment period from 

4:00–4:30 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. Chair Brady 

Deaton will make closing remarks and 

adjourn the public meeting. 

Those wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain additional information about 

BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, 

Executive Director and 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., Room 2.09– 

067, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or 

telephone her at (202) 712–0218. 

Susan Owens, 

Executive Director and USAID Designated 

Federal Officer for BIFAD, Bureau for Food 

Security, U.S. Agency for International 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22839 Filed 9–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request To 

Conduct a New Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek approval to conduct a 

new information collection, the Organic 

Certifiers Survey. This will be a 

voluntary survey that will be conducted 

annually. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 24, 2014 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535– 

NEW, by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• eFax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 

720–2707. Copies of this information 

collection and related instructions can 

be obtained without charge from David 

Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, at 

(202) 690–2388. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Organic Certifiers Survey 

OMB Control Number: 0535–NEW 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to conduct a new information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition as 

well as economic statistics, farm 

numbers, land values, on-farm pesticide 

usage, pest crop management practices, 

as well as the Census of Agriculture. 

The sample will consist of all 

organizations that certify farm and 

ranch operations that have met the 

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