Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Institute of Statistics and Demography, Burkina Fasoen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Environment and Agricultural Research, Burkina Fasoen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Joseph Ki-Zerboen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationKyeema Foundationen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAustralian National Universityen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Fasoen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BFen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776en_US
cg.creator.identifierSidwatta Guy Ilboudo: 0000-0001-6061-7035en_US
cg.creator.identifierTheo Knight-Jones: 0000-0003-4342-6055en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317898en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1932-6203en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalPLOS ONEen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriCHICKENSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.ilriPOULTRYen_US
cg.subject.ilriONE HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume20en_US
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIlboudo, Guyen_US
dc.contributor.authorOuedraogo, A.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIma, S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOuedraogo, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKnight-Jones, Theodore J.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKagambèga, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlders, R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-04T17:46:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-02-04T17:46:34Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172771en_US
dc.titleCharacteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food securityen_US
dcterms.abstractIn addition to having cultural importance, village chicken production remains an important source of cash income for most rural households in Burkina Faso. However, strict biosecurity and good management of chicken flocks are required to reduce the risk of exposure of communities to chicken waste at household level. We characterized village production systems in rural Burkina Faso in relation to importance to food security, biosecurity, husbandry and chicken health management. We surveyed 483 chicken-producing households and carried out 20 focus group discussions separately with men and women chicken producers in Boussouma commune, a typical rural setting. Crop farming was reported as the main income-generating activity carried out by chicken producers (79.5%). Seventy-six per cent of households sold chicken to local markets. Chicken production and sales were aligned to social/cultural events (religious festivals, weddings, etc.) and school-fee payment period. While men spent more revenues from chicken production on agriculture and household equipment’s, women spent more on food, education and medical expenses. The chicken management system is mainly extensive scavenging, with most farmers (81.4%) keeping 5 to 50 birds with little or no supplementary feeding and rudimentary housing. Most producers indicated that Newcastle disease was the main cause of chicken mortality. While men consider high disease burden, lack of finance, and poor chicken housing as the major constraints, women prioritized the lack of adequate chicken housing, lack of feeds and limited access to veterinary services. With locally adapted interventions that build one a One Health approach, village chicken keeping has the potential to secure and greatly improve smallholder livelihoods and household food security, while preserving public health in Burkina Faso.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDione, M., Ilboudo, G., Ouedraogo, A.A., Ima, S.A., Ouedraogo, B., Knight-Jones, T., Kagambèga, A. and Alders, R. 2025. Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security. PLOS ONE 20(2): e0317898.en_US
dcterms.extente0317898en_US
dcterms.issued2025-02-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.subjectchickensen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectone health approachen_US
dcterms.subjectpoultryen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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