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Vol. 80, No. 57 

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 

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 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

MDT on Thursday, April 9, 2015 and 

then from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. MDT 

on Friday, April 10, 2015 in the 

Ballroom A of the Strand Union 

Building at Montana State University, 

P.O. Box 174140, Bozeman, Montana. 

Beginning on Thursday, April 9th, 

BIFAD will hear from presenters during 

three sessions. Starting at 1:00 p.m. 

MDT, the Tropical Agriculture Research 

and Higher Education Center (CATIE) 

will provide an update. Presenters will 

be Dr. Jose Joaquin Campos, Director 

General of CATIE, and Dr. I. Miley 

Gonzalez, Deputy Director General. 

The second presentation for the day 

will start at 1:45 p.m., BIFAD will hear 

from a panel on Effective Developments 

for Enhanced Nutrition in Smallholder 

Farming. Presenters will be Montana 

State University Faculty: Dr. David 

Sands, Professor, Plant Pathology, Dr. 

Edward Dratz, Professor, Chemistry & 

Biochemistry, and Dr. Florence Dunkel, 

Associate Professor, Entomology. 

Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, USAID 

Bureau for Food Security will lead the 

third presentation, providing an update 

and highlights of the current research 

priorities for the Presidential Feed the 

Future Initiative. After this presentation 

BIFAD Chair Deaton will adjourn the 

public meeting for the day. 

Friday, April 10th, the public meeting 

will resume at 8:30 a.m. MDT in the 

Strand Union Building. 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. 

Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair, will 

preside over the public business 

meeting, which will begin promptly at 

8:30 a.m. MDT with opening remarks. 

Dr. Waded Cruzado, BIFAD Board 

Member and President of Montana State 

University, will deliver welcoming 

remarks. At this public meeting, the 

Board will address old and new 

business and hear updates from USAID, 

the university community, and other 

experts on progress and mechanisms for 

advancing programming in agricultural 

research and capacity development. 

BIFAD Board Member Gebisa Ejeta will 

present a status report for the human 

and institutional capacity development 

(HICD) working group. 

Starting at 10:00 a.m., a Dean from 

MSU will moderate the panel 

discussion to inform BIFAD and the 

public of the Tribal Colleges’ activities 

and how it benefits agriculture both 

domestically and abroad. Presenters for 

this panel are Dr. Billie Jo Kipp, 

President, Blackfeet Community College 

and Dr. David Yarlott, President, Little 

Big Horn College. 

Following this presentation, BIFAD 

and members of the public are invited 

to spend 30 minutes walking through 

the Montana State University (MSU) 

Global Agriculture poster display. 

The final presentation of the morning 

will focus on Decision Making to 

Enhance Food Security and Resilience. 

This panel will bring together experts 

from Montana State University to share 

their experiences, success stories, and 

provide discussion on best practices. 

Presenters for this panel are Dr. Sarah 

Janzen, Associate Professor, Agricultural 

Economics, Dr. Selena Ahmed, 

Associate Professor, Health & Human 

Development, and Dr. Eric Raile, 

Assistant Professor, Political Science. 

At 12:15 p.m., Chairman Deaton will 

moderate a half-hour public comment 

period. At 12:45 p.m. MDT Dr. Brady 

Deaton, BIFAD Chair, 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture Service 

Notice of Intent for Renewal of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture (NIFA), United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

and Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations (5 CFR part 1320) 

which implement the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), this notice announces the 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture’s (NIFA’s) intention to 

request an extension for a currently 

approved information collection (OMB 

No. 0524–0026) for Form NIFA–666, 

‘‘Organizational Information.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice and requests for 

copies of the information collection may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods to Robert Martin, Records 

Officer, Information Policy, Planning 

and Training Mail: NIFA/USDA; Mail 

Stop 2216; 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–2299; 

Hand Delivery/Courier: 800 9th Street 

SW., Waterfront Centre, Room 4206, 

Washington, DC 20024; or Email: 

rmartin@nifa.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Training; Office of Information 

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