Permit me to acknowledge the following persons from the perspective of African wisdom as expressed in the saying that, "if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together". Many persons contributed to my success in this research. However, below are the names of afew persons who substantially contributed to the success of this research. My sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst (Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) for her role as supervisor. Her academic and motivational support was enormous and consistent throughout my research. Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister (Center for Development Research -ZEF, University of Bonn) for his supportive role as co-supervisor. I am very grateful to Prof.
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