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ECONOMY
HEALTHY GUT AND THE LINK TO NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY
Why Afrikans Must Begin To Treat The Agricultural Sector
With The Utmost Importance
By Olisaeloka P. Okocha Jnr and edited by Justine L. Hill
ecorded history is replete is one such example. The region, at ern human history. The region’s
with numerous exam- the time, was in a state of massive economy was adversely affected, as
ples whereby singular upheaval as it grappled with the established trade routes witnessed a
Revents have played an deadly Bubonic Plague. Several drastic reduction in the movement
integral role in shaping the world recorded accounts attribute the of goods and people.
in which we live. Times of flux lead Plague to being directly responsible
to vacuums emerging, and from for decimating large numbers of The high mortality rates correlated
strict observance of natural laws, we the region’s population, with the to dwindling population figures
know that nature abhors a vacuum western fringes of Western Asia los- and a dwindling population meant
and that something ultimately ends ing over half of its population to it. there were fewer hands to work
up filling its place. 14th Century, The Plague is widely characterized the region’s arable land, leading to
Central and Western Asia (Europe) as the deadliest pandemic in mod- acute food shortages and rising food
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