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Swords into ploughshares
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Investing in farming improves livelihoods and creates jobs, especially for youth and women. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo's troubled province of North Kivu, the MDG-Fund has assisted 2,500 families with seeds, new tools and fertilizer - helping them rebuild their lives after more than a decade of devastating war.