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Village chickens significantly enhance food security, dietary diversity, and income opportunities for vulnerable groups, particularly women and the elderly, across rural, peri-urban, and urban settings. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Assess how village chickens contribute to food security and income generation for vulnerable populations across a rural-to-urban gradient.

September 5, 2026Discover SustainabilityOpen Access

Village chickens enhance food security and income for vulnerable groups along the urban-rural gradient, a scoping review

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CMCresswell Mseleku MCMichael Chimonyo

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Scoping review shows village chickens improve dietary diversity and income for vulnerable groups, highlighting the need to address flock diseases.

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Assess how village chickens contribute to food security and income generation for vulnerable populations across a rural-to-urban gradient.
Followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
Searched Google Scholar, Scopus, and ScienceDirect, retrieving 3,030 initial records.
Synthesized findings from 87 peer-reviewed articles covering the urban-rural continuum.
Village chickens account for 4% of global meat production and 14% of global egg production.
Households with larger flocks achieved a higher mean dietary diversity score (7.5) than those with smaller flocks (5.5).
Flock management predominantly supported women, children, and elderly individuals, though disease remains the major production challenge across urban and rural settings.

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Mseleku et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4046b95aff0620eb3e8 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-026-04545-3

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September 5, 2026Discover SustainabilityOpen Access

Village chickens enhance food security and income for vulnerable groups along the urban-rural gradient, a scoping review

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Authors

CMCresswell Mseleku MCMichael Chimonyo

Discussion

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Overview

Scoping review shows village chickens improve dietary diversity and income for vulnerable groups, highlighting the need to address flock diseases.

Key Points

Assess how village chickens contribute to food security and income generation for vulnerable populations across a rural-to-urban gradient.
Followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
Searched Google Scholar, Scopus, and ScienceDirect, retrieving 3,030 initial records.
Synthesized findings from 87 peer-reviewed articles covering the urban-rural continuum.
Village chickens account for 4% of global meat production and 14% of global egg production.
Households with larger flocks achieved a higher mean dietary diversity score (7.5) than those with smaller flocks (5.5).
Flock management predominantly supported women, children, and elderly individuals, though disease remains the major production challenge across urban and rural settings.

Cite This Study

Mseleku et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4046b95aff0620eb3e8 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-026-04545-3

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