Darfur is an arid zone with overlapping, growing populations of impoverished pastoralists (tending goats, cattle and camels) and sedentary farmers.

• 达佛是个乾燥地区，却有两个生活范围相互重叠而且人口渐增的族群：一为穷困的牧民（放牧羊群、牛群与骆驼），一为定居的农民。