Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)
The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development will hold its annual meeting April 9-10, 2015 on the MSU campus. Learn more about the meeting in the MSU press release Federal food board schedules meeting on MSU campus, April 9-10, 2015.
Board members attending the meeting
Waded Cruzado
![Waded Cruzado](https://www.montana.edu/president/images/bifad/waded-cruzado.jpg)
President
Montana State University
Brady Deaton
![brady deaton](https://www.montana.edu/president/images/bifad/brady-deaton.jpg)
Chancellor Emeritus
University of Missouri
Gebisa Ejeta
![Gebisa Ejeta](https://www.montana.edu/president/images/bifad/gebisa-ejeta.jpg)
Distinguished Professor
Department of Agriculture
Purdue University
Harold Martin
![Harold Martin](https://www.montana.edu/president/images/bifad/harold-martin.jpg)
Chancellor
North Carolina A&T
Marty L. McVey
![Marty McVey](https://www.montana.edu/president/images/bifad/marty-mcvey.jpg)
President
McVey & Associates
Meeting agenda
Please join the board for the public portions of the meeting, where food security and resilience, agriculture research, and enhanced nutrition will be discussed.
Time | Title | Additional Information |
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1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
BIFAD PUBLIC MEETING |
Ballroom A, Strand Union Building |
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm | PANEL: Effective Developments for Enhanced Nutrition in Smallholder Farming | Ballroom A, Strand Union Building Moderator: Dr. Glenn Duff, Department Head, Animal & Range Sciences Panelists include:
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2:45 pm | Question/Answer and Comment Period by BIFAD Members | |
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | BIFAD Member Outreach Sessions |
Various Locations on Montana State University campus. Session #1: Agricultural and Development Economics Q&A Session with Brady Deaton Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Board Chairman and Chancellor Emeritus, will discuss his advisory role on BIFAD and his views regarding food security, resilience and agricultural development during an informal Q&A session with students and faculty. Dean Nicol Rae and Dr. Sarah Janzen, Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics will host. Campus Host: Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor at Purdue University, Dr. Miley Gonzalez, Deputy Director General of CATIE, and Dr. Mark Varner, Senior Counselor of BIFAD, will tour of the College of Agriculture and engage with students. After the tour, the three guests will participate in a panel. Campus Hosts: The accomplished businessman and public servant, Marty McVey, will present "Entrepreneurship and International Development" in a free and open-to- the-public lecture. Campus Host: Dr. Harold Martin, Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University, will tour Montana State College of Engineering Facilities with stops to meet with select members of the college's undergraduate student body. This will include visits with student and faculty engaged with the Engineers Without Borders student chapter, with student members of the Norm Asbjornson Innovation Center building committee who planned and led the LEED efforts for this project, and with students engaged as undergraduate research scholars. Campus Host: Susan Owens, Executive Director of BIFAD, will meet various staff members and students in the Division of Student Success, in order to learn about how the Division fosters student leadership, engagement and learning. Campus Host: A discussion with two international development experts - Dr. Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist in USAID's Bureau for Food Security, will address "Improving Food Security: Feed the Future's Role in Meeting the Challenge," followed by Dr. Montague "Tag" Demment discussing "Building Human Capital in Developing Countries: Nutrition plus Education Equals Sustainable Development." Q&A will follow. All MSU students and faculty, as well as the Bozeman community are invited to attend. An informal reception will follow. Campus Hosts: |
Time | Title | Additional Information |
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8:30 am | BIFAD Public Meeting (live streamed) | Ballroom A, Strand Union Building Chair Brady Deaton opens meeting and reviews agenda
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8:45 am – 9:45 am | Tribal College Panel | Moderator: Dr. Waded Cruzado, President, Montana State University Panelists include:
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9:45 am | Question/Answer and Comment Period by BIFAD Members | |
10:00 am – 10:30 am | BREAK and MSU Student Recognition Day poster display | Ballroom C, Strand Union Building |
10:30 am – 11:15 am | CATIE (Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center) update | Ballroom A, Strand Union Building Presentation by: Dr. I. Miley Gonzalez, Deputy Director General, CATIE |
11:15 am – 12:15 pm |
PANEL: Decision Making to Enhance Food Security and Resilience |
Moderator: Dr. Waded Cruzado, President, Montana State University Panelists include:
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12:15 pm – 12:30 pm |
Question/Answer and Comment Period by BIFAD Members |
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12:30 pm – 12:45 pm |
Public comment period (in-person audience & submitted questions) |