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how? What role, if any, does financing 

or financial markets play in any of the 

issues addressed above? Please provide 

examples for concerns raised. 

Information Resources 

(17) Do you believe farmers, breeders 

and other stakeholders have appropriate 

access to information, education, and 

support services around seeds and other 

agricultural inputs, including 

information on IP protection and IPrelated risks covering seeds they buy 

and the varietal identity of those seeds? 

If not, what are the most effective means 

for improving access to such 

information? What about other 

agricultural inputs? 

(18) Do farmers, breeders, and other 

stakeholders have access to adequate 

information on new applications for 

plant IP, prior to the award of plant 

patents, plant variety protection 

certificates or utility patents to the 

applicants? Are there improvements 

that could be made to information 

accessibility for applications prior to the 

granting of IP protection? What about 

for other agricultural inputs? 

(19) Please comment on any concerns 

or challenges related to data—e.g., 

collection, privacy, accessibility, 

control, market power, or any other 

aspect—as it affects competition in 

seeds or other agricultural inputs. To 

what extent does the expanded 

application of site-specific crop 

management using data from sensors, 

climate readings, or mechanical systems 

in agriculture impact competition and 

farmers’ access to seeds and other 

inputs? What mechanisms would 

safeguard a farmer’s control of data and 

enhance competition and fair access, 

while appropriately promoting the 

effective use of new technologies and 

data analytics? Are there relevant 

changes to the IP system that would 

facilitate innovation, competition, and 

fair access to data? Please comment on 

any benefits and opportunities for 

farmers relating to data and 

consolidation, as appropriate. 

Additional Matters 

(20) Please share any information 

relevant to regional needs, tribal and 

underserved communities, climate 

concerns, and product-specific matters, 

such as organic seeds, in relation to any 

of the concerns raised above. 

(21) Please comment on any 

international policy or risk implications 

related to any of the above matters. Do 

one or more of the currently available IP 

forms of protecting plant-related 

technologies have particular challenges 

or benefits in the international context 

in terms of ensuring fair competition 

and providing farmers access to 

improved varieties, and quality, 

affordable seeds? What about for other 

agricultural inputs? 

Policy, Programs, and Solutions 

(22) Please comment on the strengths, 

weaknesses, effectiveness, and gaps in 

current USDA policies and programs to 

facilitate access to affordable seeds and 

other agricultural inputs for farmers, 

plant breeders, ranchers, and other 

stakeholders. Are information services, 

grow out services, and access to seed 

varietals that are not subject to IP 

protections sufficiently available? Do 

farmers, plant breeders, ranchers, and 

other stakeholders have sufficient voice 

within relevant agency decision-making, 

and if not, how could it be improved? 

How could labeling practices be 

improved? Please suggest actionable 

steps that USDA could take to help 

address any identified concerns. 

(23) How could the IP system be 

improved to address any concerns 

highlighted? 

(24) How could Federal or state 

antitrust enforcement better address any 

concerns highlighted? 

(25) What other policy changes, tools, 

investments, or programs could USDA 

or other agencies deploy to enhance the 

competitiveness of seeds and other 

agricultural input markets in relation to 

any of the concerns highlighted by your 

responses to the aforementioned 

questions? 

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providing the Service with the call-in 

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make comments during the open period 

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Persons who desire additional 

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Records and documents discussed 

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or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

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Agenda 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 12:00 

p.m. (ET) 

I. Welcome and Roll Call 

II. Project Planning 

III. Public Comment 

IV. Next Steps 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: March 11, 2022. 

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pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

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Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will hold six, two-hour virtual panel 

briefings to discuss the COVID–19 

medical disparities—testing, infections, 

treatment, vaccinations and other 

factors—experienced by people of color 

in Delaware and the social determinants 

for such disparities. The six virtual 

panel presentations are all titled, 

COVID–19 Medical Disparities and the 

Social Determinants for those 

Disparities that Affect People of Color in 

Delaware. There are two two-hour 

morning and afternoon virtual panel 

briefings at 11:00 a.m. (ET) and again at 

2: 00 p.m. ET, respectively, on 

Wednesday, March 23, 2022, and 

Monday, March 28, 2022. Two-hour 

virtual briefings are also scheduled on 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 11:00 

a.m. (ET) and Friday, April 1, 2022, at 

1:00 p.m. (ET), respectively. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivy 

Davis at ero@usccr.gov or by phone at 

(202) 539–8468. 

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participants will be asked to register 

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Registration is requested so that agency 

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planned report. If joining only via 

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hard of hearing. may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the call-in 

number found through registering at the 

web link provided for this meeting. 

Immediately after each two- hour 

panel presentation, members of the 

public are entitled to make brief 

comments of approximately five 

minutes during the Public Comment 

portion of the agenda. Members of the 

public may also submit written 

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meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to: Ivy Davis at ero@usccr.gov. 

Persons who desire additional 

information may contact the Regional 

Programs Unit at (202) 539–8468. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at www.facadatabase.gov. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

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