الأسباب المباشرة للصراع حول المراحيل بين المزارعين و الرعاة في ولاية جنوب كردفان

Abstract EN

This research paper discusses the direct causes of the conflict between farmers and pastoralists on the seasonal livestock routes in South Kordofan State in Sudan, so as to attain conclusions and recommendations which could contribute to addressing the problem.

The paper follows descriptive analytical method which based on deductive and information derived from secondary sources.

the paper concludes that: the main direct causes of the conflicts on the livestock routes are : the expansion of mechanized and traditional cultivated areas, increasing numbers of animals in the region, changing of the traditional livestock routes, the existence of overstock animals throughout the year in the central region of the State, the incompatibility of farmers and pastoralists on the sites and homes along the routes, lack of interest or the ability of the local authorities to demarcate and organize the routes before the season, weak commitment to norms and traditions, deficiencies in the application of the law regulating agriculture and grazing for the year 2002.

The paper recommends that : the importance of existence of political will to develop and implement policies and scientific plans for land use, develop and apply of laws to regulate agriculture and grazing, active the role of the civil administration and the revival of customs and alliances and traditions of tolerance, and to lay the foundations of peace and peaceful coexistence.