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In Southern Africa it is also argued that plant cultivation took place considerably later than the domestication of cattle and other animals. This is also believed to have been true for other areas of the world such as India and Peru. [21] Marshall et al (2002) take the tenth millennium BP as that of African cattle domestication.
This map shows the sites of domestication for a number of crop plants. Places, where crops were initially domesticated, are called centers of origin. This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans. The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical ...
Crops domesticated in the Sahel region include sorghum and pearl millet. The kola nut was first domesticated in West Africa. Other crops domesticated in West Africa include African rice, yams and the oil palm. [39] Agriculture spread to Central and Southern Africa in the Bantu expansion during the 1st millennium BCE to 1st millennium CE.
An early example is the spread of domesticated zebu, a species of cattle, which originated in South Asia and was introduced to Mesopotamia and Arabia in 3000 BCE, then on to the central plains of Asia and China in 1500 BCE, and Africa by 600 BCE. [3] The zebu is now the most common type of cattle found in East Africa. [3]
[17] [18] The helmeted guineafowl was domesticated in West Africa. [19] Sanga cattle was likely also domesticated in North-East Africa, around 7000 BC, and later crossbred with other species. [20] [21] In South America, agriculture began as early as 9000 BC, starting with the cultivation of several species of plants that later became only minor ...
The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That ...
West Africa may have been a major regional cradle in Africa for the domestication of crops and animals. [27] Between 5889 BP and 3685 BP, West Africans domesticated pearl millet. [27] Between 5500 BP and 1300 BP, West Africans domesticated the Helmeted guineafowl. [27] Between 3200 BP and 2000 BP, West Africans domesticated African rice. [27]