[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17720-17721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9769]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
(BIFAD); Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Notice is hereby
given of the one hundred and twentieth meeting of the Board for
International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting
will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May 14, and from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon on May 15, 1996 in Room 1207, both days, in the
Department of State, at Twenty-First Street N.W. and Virginia Avenue
N.W. (2201 C St NW.), Washington, DC 20523.
The Agenda will concentrate on preparation for the U.S. position
for the upcoming World Food Summit being organized by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This advice will be
useful to USAID, as well as to other U.S. Government Agencies.
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The Agenda for this meeting will include a review of short and long
term projections of the world food supply. BIFAD will examine the
assumptions upon which these projections are made. Also, the Board will
consider possible political and economic impact on the United States of
food insecurity in developing countries. BIFAD will present its views
on these questions and advise on what the United States can do to
improve global food security.
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 Dr. Shirley
Pryor at Agency for International Development, Office of Agriculture
and Food Security, SA-2, Room 401, Washington, DC 20523--0214,
telephone (202) 663-2545, fax (202) 663-2552 or
internet[spryor@usaid.gov] with the following information necessary for
entrance to the State Department: full name, organization, Social
Security number and date of birth. You should enter the State
Department at the C Street entrance.
Anyone wishing to obtain additional information about BIFAD should
contact Mr. Tracy Atwood, the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD at
USAID. Write him in care of the Agency for International Development,
Office of Agriculture and Food Security, SA-2, Room 401K, Washington,
DC 20523-0214, telephone him at (202) 663-2536 or fax (202) 663-2552.
Tracy Atwood,
AID Designated Federal Officer, Chief, Food Policy Division, Office of
Agriculture and Food Security, Economic Growth Center, Bureau for
Global Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-9769 Filed 4-19-96; 8:45 am]
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