Question

Four primary benefits value of this breed amongst South Africa

Answer 1

Answer:

There is a general lack of adapted genetic material suited

to the needs of the resource-poor cattle producers in

South Africa (Scholt, 1988, 2000). A demand for an

appropriate solution to address low livestock performance

in the rural areas led to the introduction of unsuitable

high-maintenance imported breeds into communal areas,

but with little success (Bester et al., 2003). Both comercial and communal farmers have the wrong perception

that indigenous cattle are inferior because of their small

size (Bester et al., 2003). The negative perception towards indigenous breeds were particularly acute in the

Eastern Cape and Northern Provinces. Imported breeds,

however, lack adaptation traits necessary for survival and

production in the rigorous environment of the communal

farmer (Collins-Luswet, 2000). These traits include the

susceptibility to tick-borne diseases and droughts

(Scholtz, 2005).

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