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  2. Animal husbandry in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Animal husbandry in South Africa has a long history which greatly predates European colonization. [1] [2] [3] Nguni people who migrated to the area brought cattle with them and Khoisan people had been raising indigenous varieties of sheep for thousands of years. European settlers introduced new varieties of livestock, many of which have become ...

  3. Afrikaner sheep - Wikipedia

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    It is a slender, lanky sheep with a fat tail, and is not particularly favoured for modern lamb production. Namaqua Afrikaners are generally white with a red or black head, and large fat tails. What the breed lacks in market meat desirability, it makes up for in its foraging ability and hardiness in desert conditions. [5]

  4. Dorper - Wikipedia

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    The Dorper is a fast-growing meat-producing sheep. The Dorper is an easy-care animal that produces a short, light coat of wool and hair that is shed in late spring and summer. It was developed in South Africa and is now the second most popular breed in that country. The Dorper Sheep Breeders Society of South Africa was founded in 1950.

  5. List of sheep breeds - Wikipedia

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    "Indigenous Sheep Breeds of South Africa". Agricultural Research Council of South Africa. ... Berger, Yves (2010), Breeds of sheep for commercial milk production (PDF ...

  6. Sheep farming - Wikipedia

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    Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]

  7. Zulu sheep - Wikipedia

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    The Zulu sheep breed is native to South Africa and is predominantly raised by rural farmers in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It serves primarily as a source of food and income to poor resource farmers. It belongs to the Nguni type of sheep together with the Pedi and the Swazi sheep. [1] [2]

  8. Agriculture in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Cleaning and packing maize Sheep farming in Gauteng. Based on prehistorical archaeological evidence of pastoralism and farming in southern Africa, ancient settlements closest outside the present-day South African border region, related to Bantu language speaking peoples, so far was found in sites located in the southernmost region inside the borders of what is now Mozambique, and dated 354 ...

  9. Domestication of the sheep - Wikipedia

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    The first sheep entered North Africa via Sinai, and were present in ancient Egyptian society between eight and seven thousand years ago. [28]: 12 Sheep have always been part of subsistence farming in Africa, but today the only country that keeps significant numbers of commercial sheep is South Africa, with 28.8 million head. [2]: 20 [29]