Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Meeting; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3399]


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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY

Agency for International Development


Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, One 
Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Meeting; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of the one hundred and twenty-eighth meeting of the Board for 
International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting 
will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on February 25 and 26, 1999, 
both days, at the International Trade Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 
Meridian Suite, Room C, located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington DC, 20523.
    As part of its agenda, BIFAD will discuss recent natural disasters; 
methods to improve soil fertility in selected areas of Africa; private-
public partnerships and agribusiness opportunities in the developing 
world and; the Bio-Safety Protocol. The meeting is open to the public. 
Any interested person may attend the meeting, may file written 
statements with the Committee before or after the meeting, or present 
any oral statements in accordance with procedures established by the 
Committee, to the extent that time available for the meeting permits.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. George Like 
at the Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, 
Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Room 2.11-072, Washington DC, 20523-2110, telephone (202) 712-
1436, fax (202) 216-3010 or internet [glike@usaid.gov] with your full 
name.
    Anyone wishing to obtain additional information about BIFAD should 
contact Mr. Tracy Atwood the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. 
Write him in care of the Agency for International Development, Ronald 
Reagan Building, Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 2.11-055, Washington DC, 20523-2110, 
telephone him at (202) 712-5571 or fax (202) 216-3010.
Tracy Atwood,
USAID Designated Federal Officer (Deputy Director, Office of 
Agriculture and Food Security, Economic Growth Center, Bureau for 
Global Programs).
[FR Doc. 99-3399 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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