Olga Romanova

Technical Assistance Provider

203D ABNR Bldg
Office: 573-882-0559
o.romanova@missouri.edu

Olga Romanova is a Technical Assistance Provider at the Center for Agroforestry, focusing on providing technical support to landowners in the Lower Midwest interested in adopting agroforestry practices as part of the Expanding Agroforestry Production incentive program with The Nature Conservancy. In May 2020, Olga earned her MS in agroforestry from the University of Missouri, where her research concentrated on factors influencing agroforestry adoption. With extensive experience in the environmental sector, Olga has worked with international development agencies such as UNDP, GEF, World Bank, as well as non-profit organizations and educational institutions. Her work has covered a range of environmental projects, including land degradation prevention, biodiversity conservation, environmental restoration, ecotourism, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Areas of Focus

  • Adoption of agroforestry practices
  • Food forests and urban agroforestry
  • Promotion of agroforestry as a sustainable practice on a global scale

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Romanova, O., Gold, M. A., Hall, D. M., & Hendrickson, M. K. (2022). Perspectives of Agroforestry Practitioners on Agroforestry Adoption: Case Study of Selected SARE Participants☆. Rural Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12463
  • Romanova, O., Gold, M., & Hendrickson, M. (2021). Temporal aspects of agroforestry adoption: SARE case study. Agroforestry Systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00708-5
  • Romanova, O., Gold, M. A., Hall, D. M., & Hendrickson, M. K. (2021). Mapping agroforestry practices in the U.S. Presentation at the North American Agroforestry Conference, Virtual, June 28-July 2, 2021
  • Romanova, O., & Lovell, S. (2021). Food safety considerations of urban agroforestry systems grown in contaminated environments. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, 6(1), e20008. https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20008

Conference Publications

  • Romanova, O. The potential of agroforestry development in Kazakhstan and the need for agroforestry policy. Proceedings of the International Conference “Sustainable Food and Biomass Futures – Localized approaches to agricultural change and bioeconomy”, Eberswalde, Germany, June 22-24, 2023, (in press).
  • Romanova, O., Gold, M., Hall, D., & Hendrickson, M. (2022). Information needs and communication channels for wider agroforestry adoption in the U.S. Presentation at the 5th World Congress on Agroforestry, Quebec, Canada, July 17-21, 2022
  • Kabrick, J. M., Romanova, O., Hille, A., Bragg, D. C., Jain, T. B., Lampereur, J., & Riling, J. (2020). The role of experimental forests and ranges for facilitating management-research partnerships: A panel discussion. In: Pile, Lauren S.; Deal, Robert L.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David; Kabrick, John M.; Palik, Brian J.; Schuler, Thomas M., comps. The 2019 National Silviculture Workshop: a focus on forest management-research partnerships. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-193. Madison, WI: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 116-123. (pp. 116-123).
  • Deal, R. L., & Romanova, O. (2020). Forest industry sector: A panel discussion. In: Pile, Lauren S.; Deal, Robert L.; Dey, Daniel C.; Gwaze, David; Kabrick, John M.; Palik, Brian J.; Schuler, Thomas M., comps. The 2019 National Silviculture Workshop: a focus on forest management-research partnerships. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-193. Madison, WI: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 71-76. (pp. 71-73).

Extension and Outreach Publications

Explore more resources from Olga and the Center for Agroforestry team.

READ

Download the Handbook for Agroforestry Planning and Design for step-by-step guidance on creating a plan suitable for your land, labor, and financial resources.

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WATCH

Learn more about food safety considerations for urban agroforestry systems in contaminated environments in this presentation from Olga.

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LISTEN

This episode of The Agroforestry Podcast, explores pawpaw as a specialty crop, with discussion on the plant’s biology, propagation, promising cultivars, and how to access technical assistance for planting.

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