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South Africa: Climate Change Is Threatening Sheep Farmers in South Africa's Drakensberg - How They're Adapting
Researchers found 89 farmers are using rotational grazing and feed supplements as drought and heatwaves reduce pasture and raise sheep losses.
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South Africa: Climate Change Is Threatening Sheep Farmers in South Africa's Drakensberg - How They're Adapting
Analysis - In the rugged and mountainous Drakensberg grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmers rear sheep for food, cultural practices and financial security.
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Climate change is threatening sheep farmers in South Africa’s Drakensberg – how they’re adapting
In the rugged and mountainous Drakensberg grasslands of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, farmers rear sheep for food, cultural practices and financial security. The steep slopes, cold winters, frost and seasonal droughts shape everyday farming life. In contrast to commercial farms with large fenced properties and hundreds of animals, families in the area’s communal villages typically own small flocks of around 10 to 50 sheep. The animals ar…
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