breed reported in geographic location Mashona (Cattle) Mashona, Zimbabwe (Cattle) https://www.fao.org/dad-is In the 16TH century, Portuguese explorers reported the presence of cattle in present day Zimbabwe, and the first White settlers found large numbers of an estimated 500,000 cattle in the hands of the local inhabitants.nThese were distributed along the central plateau, which was a Tsetse fly free zone, and were almost exclusively of the SANGA type.n Makaranga The concept of “breed reported in geographic location by FAO National Coordinators” is unique to DAD-IS (https://www.fao.org/dad-is/en/). This VBO term should therefore be used specifically for the breed conforming to this concept. Ngombe Dza Vakaranga Amanjanja Ngombe Dza Maswina VBO:0003606 Shona Mashona domestic breed Sabrina Toro