Urban and peri-urban agricultureas a livelihood strategy of internallydisplaced persons in Khartoum

Urban agriculture is a very important activity of refugees although it has not been in the focusof research as today. This research was done in the region of greater Khartoum in the Sudanwhich was the destination of migration of 5 million people in the last 25 years coming incause of environmental disasters and military conflicts. By the realization of urban and periurbanagriculture the absolute poverty is strongly reduced. But the realization of urbanagriculture in a new and strange environment creates many problems coming from the natural,economic and social differences between the homeland and the destination of migration.Generally, there is a low degree of agricultural development, but over the time, differences areemerging. There is a general tendency that all the migrants wish to return to their homeland,but the concrete intentions to go back has a greater importance in the migrants with smallerfields and a lower degree of agricultural development. The social factors are also important –not only in choose of the destination of the migration, but also in the decision to stay or toreturn which is affected by the social integration into the host community....