Institution & Qualification:                           Wageningen University and Research

 PhD (Production Ecology & Resource Conservation) 

Institution & Qualification:                           University of the Free State

 MSc Agric.: Soil Sciences

 Institution & Qualification:                          University of the Free State

 BSc Agric. Honours: Soil Sciences

Institution & Qualification:                           University of the Free State

 BSc Agric.: Agronomy and soil sciences

Academic achievements:     2^nd New voices Symposium of Cereal Science & technology-SA (CST-SA) (First runner up at MSc level 2017)

Grad Star top 100 students’ awardee (Obtained in 2016)

Golden key membership (Obtained in 2012)

Professional bodies:                                        South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) Pr.Sci.Nat. :116744

                                                                      Soil Science Society of South Africa (SSSSA)

1. 1. Mathinya VN and Molomo ML (2024). Distribution and redistribution of salt ions in saline soils with shallow groundwater table. Water SA 50(4) 345–356. 
   2. Mathinya, V.N., Franke, A.C., van de Ven, G.W.J. and Giller, K.E., 2023. Can small-scale farming systems serve as an economic engine in the former homelands of South Africa?. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, p.1222120.
   3. Mathinya, V.N., Franke, A.C., Van De Ven, G.W.J. and Giller, K.E., 2022. Productivity and constraints of small-scale crop farming in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. Outlook on Agriculture, 51(2), pp.139-154.
   4. Mathinya, V.N., Barnard, J.H., Bello, Z.A. and van der Watt, E., 2021. Response of malt barley grain quality characteristics to increasing irrigation water salinity. South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 38(2), pp.159-170.
   5. Mathinya, V.N., van Rensburg, L.D., Mavimbela, S.S.W. and Barnard, J.H., 2019. Malt barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) water use and grain yield response to saline irrigation under shallow groundwater table conditions. Irrigation and Drainage, 68(5), pp.867-880.

    

Technology in science with a special focus in soil and water resources 

Sustainable intensification of small-scale farming systems in South Africa.

Management of common property resources

Rural livelihoods and land use systems

Technology in science 

Farming systems analysis

Soil and Water quality

Production of Cereal grains

Soil physical properties

Sustainable agriculture

Mountain communities

AGRI 1534 (Practical classes)

SCCS 2684