1. Hadebe, M.R.M, Grové, B, Matthews, N. and Barnard, J.H. (2024). Bio-economic analysis of irrigation schedules considering shallow groundwater: lessons from South Africa. Applied Water Science, 14: 190 (18 pages).
2. Conradie, B., Matthews, N and Bahta, Y. (2024). Benefits of herding on communal pastures in Free State Province, South Africa. Accepted for publication in South African Journal of Agricultural Extension.
3. Matthews, N. and Grové, B. (2023). Economic evaluation of increased nitrogen fertiliser prices on risk-efficient fertiliser applications. Outlook on Agriculture, 52(4): 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270231194080
4. Grové, B., Bezuidenthout, J.J. and Matthews, N. (2023). Farm level hydro-economic analysis of alternative water tariff charges using a hybrid solution method. Water Resources Management, 37 (12): 4679-4692
5. Myeki, L., Matthews, N. and Bahta, Y.T. (2023). Decomposing of Green Agriculture Productivity for policy in Africa: An application of Global Malmquist-Luenberger Index. Sustainability, 15(2): 1645. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021645
6. Smythe, G., Maré, F.A. and Matthews, N. (2023). Feedlot operators’ and cow-calf producers’ perspectives on the economic value of health preconditioned weaner calves in South Africa. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 212: 105838 (8 pages).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105838
7. Matthews, N., Conradie, B. and Piesse, J. (2023). Technological differences in South African sheep production: A stochastic meta-frontier analysis. Agrekon, 62(1): 19-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2149577
8. Myeki, L., Bahta, Y.T. and Matthews, N. (2022). Exploring the growth of agricultural productivity in Africa: A Färe-Primont Index approach. Agriculture, 12 (8): 1236 (16 pages). https://doi.org/10.3390/ agriculture12081236.
9. Monteiro, MA., Grové, B. and Matthews, N. (2022). Developing a moving average crossover strategy as an alternative hedging strategy in the South African maize market. Agriculture, 12 (8): 1227 (15 pages). https:// doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12081227
10. Henning, J.I.F., Matthews, N, August, M. and Madende, P. (2022). Youths’ perceptions and aspiration towards participating in the agricultural sector: A South African case study. Social Sciences, 11(5): 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11050215.
11. Vink, N, Conradie, B. and Matthews, N (2022). The Economics of Agricultural Productivity in South. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 14: 131-149. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-111020-014135.
12. Nyam, YS., Batha, YT., Oduniyi, OS. and Matthews, N (2022). Smallholder sheep farmers’ perception of production constraints and competitiveness strategies in South Africa. Scientific African, 16: e01192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01192
13. Barnard, J.H., Matthews, N. and Du Preez, C.C. (2021). Formulating and assessing best water and salt management practices: lessons from non-saline and water-logged irrigated fields. Agricultural Water Management, 247: 106706.

Current Teaching at UFS 

Bachelors courses

Resource and Environmental Economics (AGEC3724, second semester)

Honours courses

Advanced Production and natural resource economics (AGEC6815, first semester [partial responsibility]

 Masters courses

Environmental economics (AGEC7902, year course)

Econometrics (AGEC6800)