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Food safety - too long the Cinderella sister of 'One Health' by Grace, Delia

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Molecular differentiation of the African yellow fever vector Aedes bromeliae (Diptera: Culicidae) from its sympatric nonvector sister species, Aedes lilii by Bennett, K.L., Linton, Y., Shija, F., Kaddumukasa, M., Djouaka, R.F., Misinzo, G., Lutwama, J., Huang, Y., Mitchell, L.B., Richards, Meryl B., Tossou, E., Walton, C.

“…The mosquito Aedes bromeliae is a major vector of yellow fever, but it cannot be readily differentiated from its non-vector zoophilic sister species Ae. lilii using morphological characters. …”
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Knocking on the door : a study on nutritional education and women’s empowerment on household level in rural Tanzania by Strimell Flodqvist, Therese

“…In Sub-Saharan Africa, food is often prepared by women, by mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters or sisters-in-law. Despite their crucial role in household food security women in developing countries are generally disempowered and they have low decision-making power. …”

Marriage, bequest, and assortative matching in rural Ethiopia by Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Sibling competition from brothers affects grooms' inheritance, but sisters have no effect. The marriage market is a major conduit for rural and gender inequality, although avenues do exist for couples to accumulate wealth over their life cycle.…”
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Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra by de la Briere, Benedicte, de Janvry, Alain, Lambert, Sylvie, Sadoulet, Elisabeth

“…The gender composition of the migrant siblings affects this remittance task-sharing, since women with no remitting brothers show interest in inheritance, while men with no sisters offer insurance.…”
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An evaluation of the program on enhancing resilience to natural disasters and the effects of climate change in Bangladesh by Hernandez, Ricardo, Ahmed, Akhter, Akter, Arifeen, Hossain, Nusrat Zaitun, Choudhury, Samira, Malek, Mehrab

“…To achieve the objective, a third “promotional” year has been introduced to ER, during which women—either ER laborers/trainees themselves or the wives, daughters, mothers, or sisters of male ER laborers/trainees—receive a substantive cash grant to invest in a productive asset or income-generating activity in combination with relevant business-related training, a one-year monthly cash allowance, and intensive follow-up support. …”
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High-throughput Phenotyping of Maize Roots Using Digital Image Analysis by Coronado Aleans, Verónica, Barrera Sánchez, Carlos Felipe, Guzmán, Manuel

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Indigenous vegetables: consumer and market vendor preferences in Cavite, Philippines by Gonzales, Bambi, Chavez, Hidelisa D. de, Sister, Lorna E, Anunciado, Ma. Shiela, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Hunter, Danny, Borelli, Teresa, Mendonce, Sharon

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Reference genomes of two promising Phaseolus vulgaris common bean varieties for breeding purposes VAP5 and NABE12C by Mukankusi, Clare, Lobaton Garces, Juan David

“…The VAP5 line is an interspecific bridge line from crosses with Phaseolus acutifolius and P. parvifolius sister species (Barrera, et al. 2022). Due to the ecosystem that the sister species are adapted to, they present an allele source for heat tolerance, drought tolerance, pathogen resistances, early maturity, and biofortification potential. …”
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The complete chloroplast genome of the national tree of Peru, quina (Cinchona officinalis L., Rubiaceae) by Arbizu Berrocal, Carlos Irvin, Ferro Mauricio, Rubén Darío, Chávez Galarza, Julio César, Guerrero Abad, Juan Carlos, Vásquez Pérez, Héctor Vladimir, Maicelo Quintana, Jorge Luis

“…Phylogenetic analysis showed that C. officinalis is sister to C. pubescens and sister to them is Isertia laevis; all belong to the Cinchonoideae sub-family.…”
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Spore is a bi-monthly magazine by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…It is published by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development ACP-EU (CTA) in English and French, with a sister...…”
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Centre for the Development of Industry (CDI) by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Centre for the Development of Industry (CDI)The CDI is the sister organization of CTA: both institutes have been established within the framework of the Lom\E9 Convention. …”
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Why are our trees sick? by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Sister Hilary Glaffey (PO Box 824, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria) asks if any readers 'have noticed a disease affecting the Parkia clappertonia and Prosopis africana trees in West Africa? …”
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Thanks, Tshepo! by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Álvaro Soares de Melo, formerly responsible for Spore s Portuguese-language sister publication Esporo, has some words of thanks for Ms Tshepo Khumbane of South Africa and her Viewpoint 'Subsistence lives' in Spore 91/Esporo 41. …”
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A world in your ear by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Well, you might want to know about Spore's big sister on the radio, a sort of Spore-of-the- airwaves, the Rural Radio Resource Packs (RRRP) programme which is now entering...…”
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Cows in the city: A living from milk by International Livestock Research Institute

“…This film tells the story of Sheha Saidi, a dairy farmer from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who shares her experiences of the differences between keeping dairy cattle in the city compared to keeping animals in the rural area of Pongwe, Tanga where her sister lives and keeps dairy cows.…”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Anoplocnemis curvipes F. (Coreinea, Coreidae, Heteroptera), a pest of fresh cowpea pods by Valero, M.C., Ojo, J.A., Sun, W., Tamò, Manuele, Coates, B.S., Pittendrigh, Barry Robert

“…The Coreoidea and Pyrrhocoroidea are sister groups, while Coreidae and Alydidae are sister groups to Rhopalidae. …”
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Increasing traditional vegetable consumption in Cavite, Philippines: Understanding consumer and market vendor preferences by Gonzales, Bambi, Chavez, Hidelisa D. de, Sister, Lorna E, Anunciado, Ma. Shiela, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Hunter, Danny, Borelli, Teresa, Mendonce, Sharon

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Phylogeographic analysis of the chloroplast DNA variation in wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Americas by Chacón Sánchez, María I., Pickersgill, B, Debouck, Daniel G., Arias, J.S.

“…Age estimates place the divergence of P. vulgaris from its sister taxa from Mesoamerica at or before 1.3 Ma, and divergence of populations from Ecuador-northern Peru at or before 0.6 Ma. …”
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The wild species genome ancestry of domestic chickens by Lawal, R.A., Martin, S.H., Vanmechelen, K., Vereijken, A., Silva, P., Al-Atiyat, R.M., Aljumaah, R.S., Mwacharo, Joram M., Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang, Hocking, P.M., Smith, J., Wragg, D., Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…Genome-wide sequence divergence analysis supports a sister relationship between the Grey junglefowlG. sonneratiiand Ceylon junglefowlG. lafayettii. …”
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