Institution & Qualification:                           Wageningen University and Research

 PhD Candidate 

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. Mathinya, V.N., Van Rensburg, L.D., Mavimbela, S.S.W., Barnard, J.H. (2019) Malt barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Water use and grain yield response to saline irrigation under shallow groundwater table conditions. Irrig. & Drain., DOI: 10.1002/ird.2389
2. VN Mathinya, JH Barnard, ZA Bello & E van der Watt (2021) Response of malt barley grain quality characteristics to increasing irrigation water salinity, South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 38:2, 159-170, DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2021.1888391
3. V. Ralph Clark, Geofrey Mukwada, Melissa Hansen, Sam Adelabu, Grey Magaiza, Aliza le Roux, Emile Bredenhand, Patricks Voua Otomo, Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen, Angelinus Franke, Johan van Tol, Neo Mathinya, and Rodwell Makombe (2021) The Afromontane Research Unit: Driving Connections and Capacity Building for the Sustainable Development of Southern African Mountains. Mountain Research and Development, 41:2, 1–5
4. Mathinya, N.V.; Clark, V.R.; van Tol, J.J.; Franke, A.C. Resilience and Sustainability of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountain System: A Case Study on the Upper uThukela Catchment. In Human-Nature Interactions: Exploring Nature’s Values Across Landscapes; Misiune, I., Depellegrin, D., Egarter, V.L., Eds.; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Switzerland, 2022; pp. 155–167
5. VN Mathinya, AC Franke, GWJ Van De Ven, KE Giller (2022) Productivity and constraints of small-scale crop farming in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. Outlook on Agriculture 51 (2), 139-154
6. Mathinya V. N., Franke A. C., van de Ven G. W. J., 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, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1222120

Farming systems analysis

Yield gaps

Soil Water quality

Cereal grains

Soil physical properties

Sustainable agriculture

Mountain communities

AGRI 1534 (Practical classes)

SCCS 2684