[Federal Register: September 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 175)]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development One 
Hundred and Thirtieth Meeting; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of the one hundred and thirtieth 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 October 7, 1999, and from 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on October 8, 1999, in the Hemisphere--A meeting 
room in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 
located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523.
    As part of its agenda, BIFAD will discuss the role of international 
trade in transferring new production technologies and bolstering 
economic prosperity in developing countries; U.S. agribusiness interest 
in developing and expanding international markets; the modernization of 
agriculture; and a strategic framework for aiding displaced domestic 
producers. An additional element of the agenda will be a discussion of 
the Africa: Seeds of Hope Act, a Congressional legislature program 
whose primacy objective is to support sustainable and broad-based 
agricultural and rural development in sub-Sahara Africa. This Act 
provides development assistance for programs and projects that improve 
food security, health and nutrition, trade liberalization, and economic 
growth in Africa. BIFAD will also discuss the progress it has made in 
revising institutional arrangements and structure for the former Joint 
Committee on Agricultural Research (JCARD) and its predecessor joint 
committees.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD should contact Mr. Ron Harvey, the Designated 
Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in care of the Agency for 
International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, Office of 
Agricultural and Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 
2.11-044, Washington DC 20523-2110 or telephone him at (202) 712-1058 
or fax (202) 216-3010.
Ronald Harvey,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of Agriculture and 
Food Security, Economic Growth Center, Bureau for Global Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-23594 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]
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