Agriculture in the City : the example of Bangui -As the case with quite a number of cities in Black Africa, Bangui possesses an important inter-urban agricultural activity. It should be noted that this form of agriculture reflects the overall poverty of the populations, which seek refuge in primary activities in order to eke out a living. City agriculture can be practiced near houses, without leaving the framework of the concession : it can thus be qualified as inter-domain, but it can also be exercised outside of the familly domain and then be considered as extra-domain. Agriculture practiced in the heart of the concession consists of two elements. The «jardin de case» (hut garden), to begin with, is for foodstuff production. It is of small size, welltended, fertilized with household wastes, and enables the housewife to have at close hand ingredients that she might otherwise lack. The crops are of mixed variety : condiments, small vegetables and medicinal plants ; a micro multiculture is involved. The «champ de case» (hut field), next, is much larger. It is found particularly in large-size concessions. Formerly intended for self-consumption, it today enables the family to earn some money. Unlike the garden, it consists of a single crop per plot, usually manioc. In this respect, it resembles the fields farmed outside of the concession. Extra-domain agriculture often employs empty land interspersed among dwellings in the peripheral districts. It includes the district fields, either those planted uniquely for foodstuff production or to supplement family income, truck farms, income crop farms covering the best soils, and crops ot the pioneer front The latter fields occupy the terrain before home construction has begun. They thus include temporary fields that are spread out ahead of building. When the quality of the land is very good, however, this role of preceeding dwelling construction vanishes and the fields become permanent, thus interfering with the spatial extension of the city. Should agriculture continue to exist in Bangui ? Yes, because it is necessary for the survival of many family units, and at the same time it enables the city to integrate itself better into its food supply space.