Vast areas of rice fields, permanently irrigated, are visible near Tolagnaro on the RN13, on September 3, 2021. - This small part of southeast Madagascar is the only area not affected by drought. For several decades the South-East of Madagascar has been a victim of the "Kere" phenomenon, as the local population calls it. Kere is the food crisis due to a period of intense drought that causes a sudden stop of the cultivation of crops by the farmers for several months each year. The farmers are left without money and in a situation of "severe malnutrition" or even starvation. (Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP)