Board for international food and agricultural development : the first year, progress report, 1977

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN HELPING TO SOLVE THE CRITICAL FOOD PROBLEMS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD. DURATION: OCTOBER 1976-ONGOING. DEVELOPMENTS: THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO INFORM THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DURING ITS FIRST YEAR. IT INCLUDES A SECTION ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES, ISSUES, PROGRESS, PARTICIPATION IN POLICY, PLANNING, BUDGETING AND PROGRAMMING, BASELINE STUDIES, PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE, COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE DEVELOPMENTS IN FARMER TO FARMER PROGRAMS AND THE BIFAD BUDGET. THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRST YEAR WERE: THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF A CHARTER, DEFINITION OF THE ROLE OF THE BOARD, ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITERIA FOR THE SCOPE OF TITLE XII ACTIVITIES, IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROCESS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVISIONAL ROSTER OF TITLE XII ELIGIBLE UNIVERSITIES, ESTABLISHMENT AND ACTIVATION OF SUBORDINATE UNITS, REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPOSED REVISION OF U.S. BILATERAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE STRATEGY, AND PARTICIPATION IN REVIEW OF FY 79 PROGRAM PROPOSALS AND BUDGET REQUESTS. PRIORITY ISSUES UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION ARE: MEANS OF RAPIDLY EXPANDING U.S. UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATION IN U.S. BILATERAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THROUGH TITLE XII, DEVELOPMENT OF A ROSTER OF AGRICULTURALLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH MAY BENEFIT FROM PARTICIPATION IN TITLE XII PROGRAMS, MEANS OF IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS WITH U.S. UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES, A.I.D. COUNTRY MISSIONS AND OTHER INTERESTED ENTITIES, AND EVOLVING LONGER TERM ISSUES SUCH AS A.I.D. REORGANIZATION FOR AN EFFECTIVE TITLE XII PROGRAM, AND NEEDED CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION FOR EXPANDING U.S. BILATERAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAL ASSISTANCES.