Victor Oliveira
ERS Publications by this Author
- Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program Final Report: Fiscal 2010 Activities
- The Food Assistance Landscape, FY 2009 Annual Report
- Rising Infant Formula Costs to the WIC Program: Recent Trends in Rebates and Wholesale Prices
- Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2010, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process
- The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition
- The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2008 Annual Report
- Economic Linkages Between the WIC Program and the Farm Sector
- The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2007 Annual Report
- Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2008, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process
- Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS
- The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2006 Annual Report
- The 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes' Effect on Food Stamp Program Caseloads and Benefits Issued
- The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2006 Midyear Report
- Food Assistance Landscape, March 2006
- Food Assistance Landscape, September 2005
- WIC and the Retail Price of Infant Formula
- The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Issues
Amber Waves Articles by this Author
Agricultural Economist
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Briefly:Victor Oliveira is the Assistant Deputy Director for Program Research and Information in the Food Economics Division. Victor manages a program of information dissemination for the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) and also conducts research on various food assistance issues.
Background:Victor joined ERS in 1981. Since 1994 he has conducted research in the food assistance area, focusing primarily on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly known as WIC.
Education:Victor received a B.S. in agricultural economics from the University of Connecticut and an M.S. in agricultural economics from the Pennsylvania State University.
Selected Publications:Oliveira, V., and D. Davis.
Recent Trends and Economic Issues in the WIC Infant Formula Rebate Program, USDA, ERS, ERR-22, August 2006.
Oliveira, V., and R. Chandran. Children's Consumption of WIC-Approved Foods, USDA, ERS, FANRR-44, February 2005.