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Vol. 76, No. 111 

Thursday, June 9, 2011 

U.S. 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 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 

24, 2011 at the National Press Club 

located at 529 14th St., NW., 

Washington, DC. ‘‘The Role of Higher 

Education in the Feed the Future 

Initiative’’ will be the central theme of 

the meeting. 

Dr. Brady Deaton, the new Chair of 

BIFAD, will preside over the 

proceedings. Dr. Deaton is the 

Chancellor of the University of Missouri 

at Columbia. 

The announcement of the 2011 World 

Food Prize Laureate at the State 

Department on June 21 and the ‘‘Feed 

the Future’’ Research Forum from June 

21 to 23 provide the backdrop for the 

BIFAD public meeting on June 24. The 

meeting will include the participation of 

five new BIFAD presidential 

appointments. Including Dr. Deaton, 

those new members are Jo Luck, 

President of Heifer International, Marty 

McVey of McVey & Company 

Investments Inc., Gebisa Ejeta, 

Distinguished Professor, Department of 

Agronomy, Purdue University and 

Catherine Bertini, Chair, International 

Relations Program and Professor, 

Maxwell School of Citizenship and 

Public Affairs, Syracuse University. 

Board members with continuing service 

include Elsa Murano, Professor and 

President Emerita of Texas A&M 

University and William DeLauder, 

President Emeritus of Delaware State 

University. After opening remarks by 

Dr. Deaton, USAID Administrator Rajiv 

Shah will formally swear in the new 

Board members and make a short 

presentation. At the conclusion of Dr. 

Shah’s remarks, Dr. Deaton will 

acknowledge immediate past Chair 

Robert Easter and the other outgoing 

Board members for their service. 

The BIFAD Spring public meeting 

will focus heavily on the USAID Feed 

the Future (FtF) Initiative. The first 

session will offer USAID and USDA 

perspectives on progress to date, taking 

into account specifically Title XII 

university perspectives. The panel of 

speakers will include Paul Weisenfeld, 

Assistant to the Administrator of the 

Bureau for Food Security; Julie Howard, 

Deputy Coordinator of the Feed the 

Future Initiative, and a USDA 

representative. Deanna Behring, Director 

of International Agriculture Programs at 

Penn State University will serve as 

respondent and provide university 

perspectives. 

The second FtF session will review 

outcomes of the Association of Public 

and Land-grant Universities (APLU)-led 

consultative process in response to the 

FTF research strategy. Dr. Montague 

Demment, Professor of Ecology at 

University of California-Davis and 

Associate Vice President for 

International Development of APLU, 

will provide an overview of the 

consultative process for the Board. 

USAID staff will provide an overview of 

the research priority outcomes. Because 

the Collaborative Research Support 

Programs (CRSPs) are among the major 

Title XII university-based research 

programs, a member of the CRSP 

Council will serve as a respondent to 

address additional issues. 

The Board meeting is open to the 

public, and time will be allotted for a 

public comment period. The Board 

benefits greatly in hearing from the 

stakeholder community and others. To 

ensure that as many people as possible 

have the opportunity to contribute to 

the morning’s discussions, comments 

will be restricted to 3 minutes for each 

commenter. At the conclusion of the 

public comment period, the Board will 

adjourn the meeting to proceed to a 

luncheon and executive meeting (closed 

to the public). 

Those wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain additional information about 

BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, 

Executive Director and Designated 

Federal Officer for BIFAD. Interested 

persons may write her in care of the 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development, Ronald Reagan Building, 

Bureau for Food Security, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 7.8– 

061, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or 

telephone her at (202) 712–0218 or fax 

(202) 216–3124. 

Susan J. Owens, 

Executive Director and USAID Designated 

Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of 

Development Partners, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14245 Filed 6–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Agricultural Policy Advisory 

Committee for Trade; Renewal 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given that the Secretary of 

Agriculture (Secretary), in coordination 

with the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR), has renewed the 

Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee 

for Trade (APAC). 

DATES: Effective: June 9, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries or comments regarding the 

renewal of this committee may be sent 

by electronic mail to: 

Lorie.Fitzsimmons@fas.usda.gov and 

Steffon.Brown@fas.usda.gov, in the 

Office of Agreements and Scientific 

Affairs (OASA), or by fax to (202) 720– 

0340. OASA may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 720–6219, with 

inquiries directed to Lorie Fitzsimmons 

or Steffon Brown. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

The APAC is authorized by sections 

135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of 

1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93–618, 19 

U.S.C. 2155). The purpose of this 

committee is to advise the Secretary and 

the USTR concerning agricultural trade 

policy. The committee is intended to 

ensure that representative elements of 

the private sector have an opportunity 

to express their views to the U.S. 

Government. 

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