BIFAD Documents

• Increasing the Demand for Healthy Diets: Evidence on Approaches Across the Food System in Feed the Future Contexts 
• BIFAD-Commissioned Report and Transmittal Memo: Operationalizing USAID’s Climate Strategy to Achieve Transformative Adaptation and Mitigation in Agricultural and Food Systems
  • Working Paper on Systemic Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems prepared for BIFAD
  • Agency Response: Operationalizing USAID's Climate Strategy to Achieve Transformative Adaptation and Mitigation in Agricultural and Food Systems
• BIFAD Report: Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID 
  • Transmittal Memo: Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID, 2021
  • BIFAD Policy Brief:  Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID 
  • Agency Response: Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID
• BIFAD Report: How the United States Benefits from Agricultural Development and Food Security Investments in Developing Countries, 2019
  • Transmittal Memo:  How the United States Benefits from Agricultural Development and Food Security Investments in Developing Countries, 2020
  • Agency Response:  How the United States Benefits from Agricultural Development and Food Security Investments in Developing Countries, 2021
• Report on BIFAD Visit to Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI), 2015
  • iAGRI Report Letter of Transmittal, 2015
• BIFAD Report on HICD Studies and Consultations, 2015
  • Report on Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD), 2014
  • HICD Report Letter of Transmittal, 2014
• CRSP Model Review, 2012 [pdf, 1MB]
  • CRSP Review Team Letter of Transmittal [pdf, 2MB]
• BIFAD Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Working Group Report, 2011 162k pdf file
• BIFAD Haiti Task Force Review and Recommendations, 2012
  • Haiti Task Force Letter of Transmittal 
• Conference of Deans Report on Higher Education, 2009 156k pdf file
• Final - BIFAD Title XII Study - June 2008
• Final - Implementation of Title XII - June, 2006 (125k pdf)

Title XII Reports to Congress

• Title XII FY 2023 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2022 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2021 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2020 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2019 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2018 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2017 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2016 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2015 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2014 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2013 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2012 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2011 Report to Congress
• Title XII FY 2009 – FY 2010 Report to Congress [pdf, 328kB]
• Title XII FY 2008 Report to Congress

Meeting Minutes; BIFAD Findings, Conclusions & Recommendations; Agency Response

September 17, 2024

• Agenda
• Federal Register Notice
• Video Recording - Part 1
• Video Recording - Part 2

September 11, 2023

• Agenda
• Video Recording – Morning Session
• Video Recording – Afternoon Session
• Meeting Minutes – BIFAD Public Meeting: Elevating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in USAID’s Agricultural, Nutrition, and Food System Programming to Inform Strategy Implementation: A Discussion of the BIFAD Climate Change Subcommittee Draft Commissioned Report

June 28, 2023

• Agenda
• Recording
• Meeting Minutes – BIFAD Public Meeting: A Public Consultation on BIFAD’s Plans to Propose a Subcommittee on Minority Serving Institution Engagement and Leadership in USAID’s Agricultural, Food Security, and Nutrition Policies and Programming

October 26, 2022

• Agenda
• Recording (link is external)
• Meeting Minutes 187th Public Meeting: Transformative Pathways Toward a Climate-Resilient Agricultural, Food, and Nutrition System: A Public Consultation Ahead of the 27th Conference of Parties

October 19, 2022

• Agenda
• Recording (link is external)
• Meeting Minutes 186th Public Meeting: Fed to Thrive: Accelerating Action on Nourishing Foods for Infants and Young Children
• Findings, conclusions, and recommendations
• Agency Response to BIFAD Recommendations

August 31, 2022

• Agenda
• Recording (link is external)
• Meeting Minutes 185th Public Meeting: A Consultative Workshop on Systemic Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems

May 23, 2022

• Agenda
• Presentations
• Recording (link is external)
• Meeting minutes 184th Public Meeting: The Global Food Security Crisis: Exploring the Evidence Base and Lessons from the Past to Strengthen Agricultural, Nutrition, and Food Systems in the Face of Shocks
• Findings, conclusions, and recommendations
• Agency Response to BIFAD Recommendations

October 13, 2020

• Agenda and presentations
• Recording
• Meeting minutes 183rd BIFAD Public Meeting: Agricultural Growth, Economic Transformation, and the Journey to Self-Reliance: Implications for USAID Programming 
• BIFAD Report: Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID 
  • Transmittal Memo: Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID, 2021
  • BIFAD Policy Brief:  Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID 
  • Agency Response: Agricultural Productivity Growth, Resilience, and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for USAID

September 14, 2020

• Agenda
• Meeting minutes 182nd BIFAD Public Meeting: COVID-19 and Nutrition:  Impacts, Field Innovations, and the Way Forward
• Findings, conclusions, and recommendations
• Agency response to BIFAD recommendations

June 4, 2020

• Agenda and Presentations
• Recording (link is external)
• Meeting Minutes 181st BIFAD Public Meeting: Food Security and Nutrition in the Context of COVID-19:  Impacts and Interventions
• Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
• Agency response to BIFAD recommendations

October 15, 2019

• Minutes BIFAD October 15 2019 Public Meeting on Agriculture in Conflict-affected and Fragile Contexts, US Benefits Study, and BIFAD Awards
• Meeting on Agriculture and Food Security in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts
• Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
• Agency Response to BIFAD Recommendations on Agriculture and Food Security in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts
• BIFAD Public Meeting on the BIFAD Study, How the United States Benefits from Agricultural and Food Security in Developing Countries, and the BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab
• BIFAD Report: How the United States Benefits from Agricultural Development and Food Security Investments in Developing Countries, 2019
  • Transmittal Memo:  How the United States Benefits from Agricultural Development and Food Security Investments in Developing Countries, 2020
  • Agency Response:  How the United States Benefits from Agricultural Development and Food Security Investments in Developing Countries, 2021

April 9, 2019

• Findings, Conclusions & Recommendations
• Letter and Summary of Responses to BIFAD from Administrator Mark Green
• BIFAD April 9, 2019 Virtual Meeting

October 16, 2018

• Meeting Minutes
• Video Recording (link is external)
• Presentation Slides
• Interactive Agenda
• Findings, Conclusions & Recommendations
• Agency Response

September 12, 2018

• BIFAD September 12, 2018 Meeting Minutes and Interactive Agenda

August 8, 2018

• BIFAD August 8, 2018 Meeting Minutes and Interactive Agenda & Presenter Slide
• Video Recording (link is external)

May 9, 2018

• Meeting Minutes
• Presentations
• Interactive Agenda
• Findings, Conclusions & Recommendations
• Agency Response

May 8, 2018

• Meeting Minutes
• Presentations
• Interactive Agenda
• Findings, Conclusions & Recommendations
• Agency Response

Minutes from Previous BIFAD Meetings

• BIFAD October 17, 2017 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD September 12, 2017 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD April 18-20 2017 Meeting Minutes (pdf,455kb)
• BIFAD October 12, 2016 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD May 20, 2016 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD March 10, 2016 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD October 21, 2015 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD April 9-10, 2015 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD February 27, 2015 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD October 14, 2014 Meeting Minutes
• Creating Future Leaders: BIFAD and Feed the Future Dialogue on Human and Institutional Capacity Development
• BIFAD January 30, 2014 Meeting Minutes
• BIFAD March 15, 2013 Meeting Notes
• BIFAD October 16, 2012 Meeting Transcript 252kb pdf
• BIFAD April 13, 2012 Meeting Transcript 519kb pdf file
• BIFAD April 13, 2012 Meeting Minutes 66kb pdf file
• BIFAD October 11, 2011 Meeting Transcript 500k pdf file
• BIFAD June 24, 2011 Meeting Transcript
• BIFAD June 24, 2011 Meeting Minutes
• 160th BIFAD – October 12, 2010 Meeting Transcript 348k pdf file
• 159th BIFAD – March 3, 2010 Meeting Minutes 577k pdf file
• 157th BIFAD – July 29, 2009 Meeting Transcript 545k pdf file
• 155th BIFAD – October 14, 2008 Meeting Minutes 217k pdf file
• 154th BIFAD - June 17, 2008 Summary Notes of Meeting 80k pdf file
• 154th BIFAD - June 17, 2008 Detailed Notes of Meeting 344k pdf file
• 153rd BIFAD - February 27, 2008 Meeting Transcript 383k pdf file
• 152nd BIFAD - October 17, 2007 Meeting Transcript 459k pdf file
• 149th BIFAD - October 18, 2006 99k pdf file
• 148th BIFAD - July 6, 2006 76k pdf file
• 147th BIFAD - May 11, 2006 593k pdf file
• 146th BIFAD - February 2, 2006 113k pdf file
• 145th BIFAD – October 12, 2005 - 117k pdf file
• 141st BIFAD - May 27, 2004 - 29k pdf file
• 139th BIFAD - October 6, 2003 - 28k pdf file
• 138th BIFAD - June 18, 2003 - 39k pdf file
• 137th BIFAD - March 27, 2003 - 19k pdf file
• 136th BIFAD: January 6, 2003 - 16k pdf file
• 135th BIFAD: October 17, 2002 - 28k pdf file

For further information, please contact Clara Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, at ccohen@usaid.gov or 202-712-0119