82 FR 39749 - Notice of Meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 161 (August 22, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 161 (August 22, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 39749] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-17712] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices [[Page 39749]] AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Notice of Meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development 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 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW., 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045, or online at http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/international-programs/bifad/bifad-meetings.html. This public meeting, Global Food Security Research Strategy: From Upstream Research to Development Impact, will be co-hosted with the Feed the Future Innovation Labs. The purpose of the meeting will be to launch the new Global Food Security Research Strategy and to highlight the contributions, collaborations, and synergies among the U.S. Government interagency, universities, international agricultural research centers, and private sector on food security research for development. The meeting will include panels on Cutting Edge Science for Development, Practical Applications of Research Results, Applying Research to Emerging Threats, Opportunities for More Intentional USG Intentional Interagency Alignment and Complementarity, and Opportunities for Leveraging Private Sector Innovation. A public comment period is scheduled from 4:00 to 4:30 EDT. Those wishing to participate in the meeting in person should arrive early as seating is limited. More information, including a detailed agenda, can be found on the BIFAD landing page at http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/international-programs/bifad/bifad-meetings.html. To obtain additional information about this public meeting or BIFAD, interested parties should contact Clara Cohen, 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., Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone her at (202) 712-0119. Clara Cohen, USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development. [FR Doc. 2017-17712 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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proposed rules that are applicable to the interested parties should contact Clara USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of
committee meetings, agency decisions and BIFAD in the Bureau for Food Security the submission(s) may be obtained by
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at USAID. Interested persons may write calling (202) 720–8958.
petitions and applications and agency
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DEVELOPMENT the collection of information that such
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International Food and Agricultural Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for displays a currently valid OMB control
International Development. number.
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on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at the Comment Request and 14007 of the Food, Conservation,
National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW., and Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 8701
August 17, 2017. (referred to as the 2008 Farm Bill)
13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045, or
The Department of Agriculture has establishes a requirement for the
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review and clearance under the participation rate data regarding socially
This public meeting, Global Food Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, disadvantaged farmers or ranchers by
Security Research Strategy: From Public Law 104–13. Comments are computing for each program of the
Upstream Research to Development requested regarding (1) Whether the USDA that serves agriculture producers
Impact, will be co-hosted with the Feed collection of information is necessary and landowners (a) raw numbers of
the Future Innovation Labs. The for the proper performance of the applicants and participants by race,
purpose of the meeting will be to launch functions of the agency, including ethnicity, and gender, subject to
the new Global Food Security Research whether the information will have appropriate privacy protection, as
Strategy and to highlight the practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the determined by the Secretary; and (b) the
contributions, collaborations, and agency’s estimate of burden including application and participation rate, by
synergies among the U.S. Government the validity of the methodology and race, ethnicity and gender as a
interagency, universities, international assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance percentage of the total participation rate
agricultural research centers, and the quality, utility and clarity of the of all agricultural producers and
private sector on food security research information to be collected; and (4) landowners for each county and State in
for development. The meeting will ways to minimize the burden of the the United States.
include panels on Cutting Edge Science collection of information on those who Need and Use of the Information:
for Development, Practical Applications are to respond, including through the Data will be collected on a voluntary
of Research Results, Applying Research use of appropriate automated, basis through a questionnaire to
to Emerging Threats, Opportunities for electronic, mechanical, or other determine the race, ethnicity and gender
More Intentional USG Intentional technological collection techniques or of farmers and ranchers who apply for
Interagency Alignment and other forms of information technology. and who participate in USDA programs
Complementarity, and Opportunities for Comments regarding this information and services. The data will enable the
Leveraging Private Sector Innovation. A collection received by September 21, Secretary and the Office of the Assistant
public comment period is scheduled 2017 will be considered. Written Secretary for Civil Rights and the
from 4:00 to 4:30 EDT. comments should be addressed to: Desk agencies’ outreach offices in reaching
Those wishing to participate in the Officer for Agriculture, Office of current and prospective socially
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seating is limited. More information, Office of Management and Budget linguistically appropriate manner to
including a detailed agenda, can be (OMB), New Executive Office Building, focus resources in a particular county or
found on the BIFAD landing page at 725—17th Street NW., Washington, DC region where low participation is
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