Morning Coffee with BIFAD Chairman and Board

9:15 a.m.

Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Robert Easter, Interim Chairman

Operational and Management Issues--Discussion

• 2006 Title XII Report:  Overview and Recommendations for 2007 Report
  George Wilson, USAID/EGAT/AG and Professor of Horticulture, North Carolina State University
• Revisions to USAID’s ADS 216 as Related to Title XII
  John Thomas, Director, USAID Office of Agriculture, EGAT Bureau
• SPARE Management:  BIFAD and the Role of SPARE
• BIFAD Sub-Committees—New Actions

Break

Strategic Direction of BIFAD for 2008—Discussion

• Re-Visiting BIFAD Resolution on Title XII:  Implementing Bissell Report Recommendations
  Resolution for 2008 Actions

Luncheon (Board in executive session)

Re-Cap of Morning Proceedings
Robert Easter, Interim Chairman

Strategic Direction of BIFAD for 2008—Discussion Continued

• Special BIFAD Initiatives—Title XII and Transformational Development
  • Conference of Deans of Agriculture—US Universities in Partnership
    
  • Defining a Title XII Activity:  BIFAD’s Role and Scope in Recommending Directions 
  • Vision 2025:  Formulating a Center of Excellence for Technology Adaption in Africa
• World Bank Report 2008: Agriculture for Development—Discussion of Recommendations

Increasing US Funding for Higher Education in sub-Saharan Africa:  A Case Study
Catherine A. Bertini, Professor Public Administration, Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

Program Session:  Development in Today’s World—Topical Focus

• Environmental Issues on Biofuels Development
  Kenneth Cassman, Professor, Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska
• Economics of Biofuels for Africa and Development Issues
  Youba Sokona, Executive Secretary, Sahara & Sahel Observatory (OSS), Tunis, Tunisia

Summary of the 152nd Meeting
Robert Easter, Chairman