UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics

Selected Publications

Zou, W., Lybbert, T., Vosti, S., and S. Abbeddou. "Early Childhood Nutrition, Parental Growth Perceptions and Educational Aspirations in Rural Burkina Faso." The Journal of Development Studies (2020) 56(4): 798-816.

Cliffer, I.R., Nikiema, L., Langlois, B.K., Zeba, A.N., Shen, Y., ... Vosti, S., et al. "Cost-Effectiveness of 4 Specialized Nutritious Foods in the Prevention of Stunting and Wasting in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Burkina Faso: A Geographically Randomized Trial." Current Development in Nutrition (2020) 4(2).

Shen, Y., Cliffer, I.R., Suri, D.J., Langlois, B.K., S.A. Vosti, Webb, P., et al. "Impact of stakeholder perspectives on costeffectiveness estimates of four specialized nutritious foods for preventing stunting and wasting in children 6–23 months in Burkina Faso." Nutrition Journal (2020) 19.

Engle-Stone, R., Kumordzie, S., Meinzen-Dick, L., and S.A. Vosti. "More vitamins for moms: are they worth it?" Biomedical Science Journal for Teens (2020) April.

Engle-Stone, R., Kumordzie, S.M., Meinzen-Dick, L., and S.A. Vosti. "Cost-Effectiveness of Replacing Iron-Folic Acid with Multiple Micronutrient Supplements." In K. Kraemer and M. Bajoria (Eds.) Sight and Life Special Report: Focusing on MMS (2020).

Vosti, S.A., Kagin, J., Engle-Stone, R., Luo, H., Tarini, A., Clermont, A., et al. "Strategies to achieve adequate vitamin A intake for young children: options for Cameroon." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2020) 1465(1): 161-180.

Engle-Stone, R., Vosti, S.A., Luo, H., Kagin, J., Tarini, A., Adams, K.P., et al. "Weighing the risks of high intakes of selected micronutrients compared with the risks of deficiencies." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2019) 1446(1): 81-101.

Engle-Stone, R., Kumordizie, S.M., Meinzen-Dick, L., and S.A. Vosti. "Replacing iron-folic acid with multiple micronutrient supplements among pregnant women in Bangladesh and Burkina Faso: costs, impacts, and cost-effectiveness." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2019) 1444(1): 35-51.

Lybbert, T., Vosti, S.A., Adams, K.P., and R. Guissou. "Household demand persistence for child micronutrient supplementation." Journal of Health Economics (2018) 62: 147-164.

Adams, K.P., Lybbert, T.J., Vosti, S.A., Ayifah, E., Arimond, M., et al. "Unintended effects of a targeted maternal and child nutrition intervention on household expenditures, labor income, and the nutritional status of non-targeted siblings in Ghana." World Development (2018) 107: 138-150.

Adams, K.P., Ayifah, E., Phiri, T.E., Mridha, M.K., Adu-Afarwuah, S., ... Vosti, S.A., et al. "Maternal and Child Supplementation with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, but Not Child Supplementation Alone, Decreases Self-Reported Household Food Insecurity in Some Settings." The Journal of Nutrition (2017) 147(12): 2309-2318.

Brown, K.H., Engle-Stone, R., Kagin, J., Rettig, E., and S.A. Vosti. "Use of Optimization Modeling for Selecting National Micronutrient Intervention Strategies." Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2015) 36(supplement 3).

Engle-Stone, R., Nankap, M., Ndjebayi, A.O., Vosti, S.A., and K. Brown. "Estimating the Effective Coverage of Programs to Control Vitamin A Deficiency and Its Consequences Among Women and Young Children in Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2015) 36(supplement 3).

Hess, S.Y., Abbeddou, S., Jimenez, E.Y., Somé, J.W., Vosti, S.A., Ouédraogo, Z.P., Guissou, R.M., Ouédraogo, J., and K.H. Brown, "Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, Regardless of Their Zinc Content, Increase Growth and Reduce the Prevalence of Stuntin and Wasting in Young Burkinabe Children: A Cluster-Randomized Trial." PLoS ONE (2015) 10(3).

Kagin, J., Vosti, S.A., Engle-Stone, R., Rettig, E., Brown, K.H., Nankap, M., and A. Ndjebayi. "Measuring the Costs of Vitamin A Interventions: Institutional, Spatial, and Temporal Issues in the Context of Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2015) 36(supplement 3).

Vosti, S.A., Kagin, J., Engle-Stone, R., Brown, K.H.. "An Economic Optimization Model for Improving the Efficiency of Vitamin A Interventions: An Application to Young Children in Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2015) 36(supplement 3).

Ryan, K.N., Adams, K.P., Vosti, S.A., Ordiz, M.I., Cimo, E.D., and M.J. Manary. "A comprehensive linear programming tool to optimize formulations of ready-to-use therapeutic foods: an application to Ethiopia." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2014), 100(6): 1551-1558.

Huffman, S.L., Piwoz, E.G., Vosti, S.A., and K.G. Dewey. "Babies, soft drinks and snacks: a concern in low- and middle-income countries?" Maternal & Child Nutrition (2014) 10(4): 562-574.

Börner, J., and S.A. Vosti. "Managing Tropical Forest Ecosystem Services: An Overview of Options." Chapter 2 in Roldan Muradian, Laura Rival (eds.) Governing the Provision of Ecosystem Services (2013).

Maneta, M.P., Torres, M.O., Wallender, W.W., Vosti, S., Howitt, R. Rodrigues, L., Bassoi, L.H., and S. Panday. "A spatially distributed hydroeconomic model to assess the effects of drought on land use, farm profits, and agricultural employment." Water Resources Research (2009) 45(11).

Alston, J.M., Sumner, D.A., and S.A. Vosti. "Farm subsidies and obesity in the United States: National evidence and international comparisons." Food Policy (2008) 33(6): 470-479.

Börder J., Hohnwald, M., and S.A. Vosti. "A comprehensive linear programming tool to optimize formulations of ready-to-use therapeutic foods: an application to Ethiopia." Chapter 4 in Alexandre B. Coelho, Erly C. Teixeira, Marcelo J. Braga (eds.) Recursos Naturais e Crescimento Econômico (2008).

Pardey, P.G., Alston, J.M., Chan-Kang, C., Magalhães, E.C., and S.A. Vosti. "International and Institutional R&D Spillovers: Attribution of Benefits among Sources for Brazil's New Crop Varieties." American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2006) 88(1): 104-123.

Witcover, J., Vosti S.A., Carpentier, C.L., and T.C. de Araújo Gomes. "Impacts of soil quality differences on deforestation, use of cleared land, and farm income." Environment and Development Economics (2006) 11(3): 343–370.

Ryan, K.N., Adams, K.P., Vosti, S.A., Ordiz, M.I., Cimo, E.D., and M.J. Manary. "A comprehensive linear programming tool to optimize formulations of ready-to-use therapeutic foods: an application to Ethiopia." The American Journal of Clinicial Nutrition (1995) 62(4): 790-796.

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