[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18042]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Notice of Meeting of the Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development and Request for Public Comment
AGENCY: Agency for International Development (USAID).
ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
(BIFAD), an independent advisory committee to the US Agency for
International Development (USAID) on food and agriculture issues, will
convene a public meeting on September 17, 2024, ``Demand-Side
Interventions and Approaches for Healthy Diets.'' The meeting will
inform BIFAD recommendations to address evidence and evidence gaps,
areas for additional research, and prioritized approaches and actions
for USAID, centered around demand-side interventions to improve the
processing, storage, distribution, sale, purchase, and consumption of
safe and nutritious food. The program will include USAID, stakeholder,
and public insights and deliberation of draft recommendations from the
report.
DATES: September 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The event is open to the public and will be hosted in person
at the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, at 529 14th St NW,
Washington, DC 20045. Virtual participation will also be possible via
Zoom. In-person seating is limited. In-person participants should
register at: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uuQPpMer_kiHkrQ4iZNkAOPBZTxYdINPpaKX-AEjzyBURDBGWTRDSjVaMVVHTlQxMFhDTk1GV0JZOCQlQCN0PWcu. Virtual
participants should register at https://tetratech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hpfZDz2cSd6eYl3wIKpDnA. For registration inquiries, please
contact Tom my Crocker at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Healthy diets that are diverse, safe, and
nutritious are central to all development efforts. They are core to the
work of USAID and Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger
and food security initiative. However, food security investments have
historically focused on supply-side interventions to increase the
production of staple crops, and on livelihoods strengthening to broadly
increase consumer purchasing power. Relatively less attention has been
paid to promoting safe nutritious foods and generating consumer demand
for them. Emerging evidence indicates that a supply-side approach,
which largely neglects incorporating a nutrition-sensitive lens, may
not be sufficient to achieve healthy diets and overcome malnutrition.
A public meeting on September 17, 2024 will inform BIFAD
recommendations to shape the next steps in USAID's strategic thinking
and policy prioritization towards the objective of achieving healthy
diets for all. This meeting will address evidence and evidence gaps,
areas for additional research, and prioritized approaches and actions
for USAID, centered around demand-side interventions and approaches to
improve the processing, storage, distribution, sale, purchase, and
consumption of safe and nutritious food.
Also relevant is the interplay between businesses and consumers,
including building strong relationships of trust, positive business
behaviors, and informed consumer purchasing behaviors and preferences.
The geographic focus will be on low- and middle-income contexts in Feed
the Future Target Countries. The meeting will include a presentation of
key findings from a review prepared for BIFAD and an expert roundtable
event, to be posted publicly on September 3, 2024 at https://www.usaid.gov/bifad prior to the public meeting.
Key questions to be addressed at the meeting include:
1. How can USAID work better with communities, national governments
and private sector stakeholders to enhance consumer demand for safe and
nutritious foods in ways that improve the diets of whole households,
including women and children?
2. How can demand-focused interventions improve the affordability
of healthy diets?
3. How can the progress and outcomes of demand-focused
interventions be measured and evaluated?
The program will include Agency and stakeholder insights, a public
comment period, and deliberation of draft findings, conclusions, and
recommendations. For questions about BIFAD, or to submit written
comments, evidence, or materials in advance or following the meeting,
please use this feedback form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi903QVIdhrHDiXPmd3Xe_lFRiXGGeIgaPiARyqjcu3XFYTQ/viewform or
contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau
for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at USAID via email at
[email protected] (Subject: Comment on the BIFAD Demand-Side
Interventions for Healthy Diets) or telephone at (202) 712-0119.
Consistent with Executive Order 13166 and the Rehabilitation Act, as
amended, 29 U.S.C. 794, please submit requests for physical or virtual
meeting accommodations via email to [email protected].
BIFAD is a seven-member, presidentially appointed advisory
committee to USAID established in 1975 under title XII of the Foreign
Assistance Act, as amended, to ensure that USAID brings the assets of
U.S. universities to bear on development challenges in agriculture and
food security, and supports their representation in USAID programming.
Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
[FR Doc. 2024-18042 Filed 8-13-24; 8:45 am]
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