Notice2022-20518
Notice of Meeting; Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
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September 22, 2022
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Agency for International Development
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD), Fed to Thrive: Accelerating Action on Nourishing Foods for Infants and Young Children. The public meeting is a side event of the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue at the World Food Prize under the theme "Feeding a Fragile World". The meeting will convene expert presenters and seek public input on evidence-based solutions for increasing the affordability, availability, and convenience of nutrient-dense foods for infants and children under two years of age, providing adequate safety nets for families most vulnerable to early childhood malnutrition.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20518]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Notice of Meeting; Board for International Food and Agricultural
Development
AGENCY: Agency for International Development.
ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is
hereby given of a public meeting of the Board for International Food
and Agricultural Development (BIFAD), Fed to Thrive: Accelerating
Action on Nourishing Foods for Infants and Young Children. The public
meeting is a side event of the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue at the World Food
Prize under the theme ``Feeding a Fragile World''. The meeting will
convene expert presenters and seek public input on evidence-based
solutions for increasing the affordability, availability, and
convenience of nutrient-dense foods for infants and children under two
years of age, providing adequate safety nets for families most
vulnerable to early childhood malnutrition.
DATES: The meeting will be on October 19, 2022 from 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Central Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Iowa Event Center, 730 3rd
Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Members of the public are invited to
join in person at the venue (room details will be shared after
registration). The link to register to attend in person at the Iowa
Event Center is: <a href="https://bit.ly/3UfEJTi">https://bit.ly/3UfEJTi</a>.
The meeting will also be live streamed via ZOOM for virtual public
participation. The link to register to participate virtually is:
<a href="https://bit.ly/BIFADWFP22">https://bit.ly/BIFADWFP22</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today, nearly two in three children ages six
months to two years are not consuming nutritionally adequate diets
critical to growth and development. Although 9.2 percent of the global
population lives below the international poverty line of $1.90 per day,
the average least-cost, nutrient-adequate diet for one child in a low-
income country is $1-2 per day at 6 to 8 months, $1 per day at 9 to 11
months, and above $1 per day at one year and older. Simply put,
families are struggling to afford safe and nutritious food for their
young children, with devastating, irreversible consequences for child
survival and cognitive and physical growth. Sub-country-level data
indicate that early childhood malnutrition does not impact all
families, socio-economic groups, communities, or regions equally, with
measurable inequalities experienced by the poor in access and
consumption of important sources of nutrition--including animal-source
foods and nutrient-dense vegetables--during complementary-feeding
stages.
Presentations and discussion will focus on the questions: (1) What
does a nutritionally balanced food basket for infants and young
children look like, and what would it cost? (2) What are evidence-based
priority actions to reduce the costs of balanced food baskets, improve
nutrient content and safety, incentivize use by improving convenience
and enabling caregivers, and provide financial means for the most
vulnerable to access them through safety nets? (3) How do we achieve
coordinated, gender-transformative change across the food, health, and
social protection systems in both development and humanitarian
settings? Drawing from testimony by global experts and practitioners,
BIFAD will advise the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
on recommended policy and program actions. The meeting will include a
public comment period from 8:25 to 8:40 a.m. Central Time.
The BIFAD is a seven-member, presidentially appointed advisory
board 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.
For questions about registration, please contact Carol Chan at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d7b4b6a5b8bbf9b4bfb6b997a3b2a3a5b6a3b2b4bff9b4b8ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf8fae9f4f7b5f8f3faf5dbeffeefe9faeffef8f3b5f8f4f6">[email protected]</span></a>.
For questions about BIFAD, or to submit written comments, evidence,
or materials in advance or following the meeting, please contact Clara
Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for
Resilience and Food Security at USAID. Interested persons may email her
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#365555595e5358764345575f5218515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c2c2cec9c4cfe1d4d2c0c8c58fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a> (Subject: Comment for 186th BIFAD Public Meeting)
or telephone her at (202) 712-0119.
Clara Cohen,
Designated Federal Officer, BIFAD.
[FR Doc. 2022-20518 Filed 9-21-22; 8:45 am]
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