[Federal Register: September 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 179)]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, One 
Hundred and Forty-Second Meeting; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of the one hundred and forty-second meeting of the Board for 
International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting 
will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on October 13, 2004 in the Marriott 
Hotel, 7th and Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. The meeting is being 
held in conjunction with the World Food Prize events scheduled for 
October 14-15 in Des Moines.
    The BIFAD will interact with Mid-West representatives from the U.S. 
university, Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs), 
agribusiness and private sector communities along with international 
agriculture leaders from Africa and the Middle East. Themes will focus 
on building capacity for agriculture led growth, human and 
institutional capacity building, emerging issues in international 
development, and other items of general interest.
    The meeting is free and open to the public. Those wishing to attend 
the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should contact 
John Swanson, the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in 
care of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan 
Building, Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Room 2.11-06, Washington DC, 20523-2110 or telephone him 
at (202) 712-5602 or fax (202) 216-3010.

John Swanson,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of Agriculture and 
Food Security, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade.
[FR Doc. 04-20841 Filed 9-15-04; 8:45 am]

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