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Describe the impact of ‘Rinderpest’ on people’s livelihoods and the local economy in

Africa in the 1890s. (CBSE 2018)

Rinderpest was a fast-spreading disease among cattle.

Effects of the disease:


a. They spread very fast.


b. A huge number of cattle were killed in the plague.


c. Many people lost their livelihood.


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