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Maraîchers à Khartoum : entre intégration et marginalisation étude des capacités intégratrices de l'agriculture urbaine

Alice Franck

Revue internationale des études du développement

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This study of market gardeners in Khartoum, Sudan, reveals limitations in the integrating capacity of urban agriculture. Uncontrolled urbanization in the capital creates intense competition for property, restricting the potential integration of farm-workers in the downtown area. This activity is strictly commercial and primarily carried out by a migrant population.