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A fact from Kere (famine) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a recurrent famine has haunted Madagascar's southern regions since the 1930s?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kere (famine).

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Les Sadiavahe: Essai d'interpretation d'une revolte dans le Sud de Madagascar (1915-1917) (french)
« Pour éradiquer la famine dans le sud de Madagascar, il faut d’abord s’attaquer à la sécheresse » (french)
La famine frappe au sud de Madagascar (french; La Croix)
Famine à Madagascar : le cuir de la discorde (french; Jeune Afrique)
Food Distribution in Anosy Region (english; SEED Madagascar)
Climate Risks to Resilience & Food Security In Bureau For Humanitarian Assistance Geographies: Madagascar (english; USAID)
Food Insecurity and Climate Shocks in Madagascar: Republic of Madagascar (english; IMF, Dominique Fayad)
Southern Madagascar food insecurity (english; UNU EHS)
Madagascar: Kere resilience plan for the Atsimo-Andrefana region, Madagascar (english; UN Women)
Drought and deforestation: How Madagascar’s children are paying the price(english, The New Humanitarian)
From emergency to development, GRET is rolling out its strategy to deal with the food crisis in southern Madagascar (english; GRET)
Restoring Dignity and Livelihoods in Madagascar’s Grand Sud (english; World Bank)
Madagascar: nutritional crisis in the south of the island(english; MSF)
New Readiness Programme launched in Madagascar to support adaptation planning (english; UNDP)
L’IPC à l’épreuve du kéré (french; Francois Enten)
Madagascar (english, FEWS net)
Analyse Sociologique de la Realite du « Kere » Dans la Region Androy (Cas de la Commune Urbaine d’Ambovombe Androy) (french; Universite d'Antananarivo, Holazae Norbertine)

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 talk 20:12, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a recurrent famine has haunted Madagascar's southern regions since the 1930s?

Source: https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss1/art42/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II

Created by Zanahary (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:35, 27 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hi @Zanahary: this article was a really interesting read. It is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, copyvio-free, presentable. Hook is short, interesting, and cited. I have made some minor edits, but I have a couple more major things I want to address before I give it a good to go:

First, with regards to the table of Kere events, in the lede it says that there has not been a year without a Kere event in several decades, but the table would imply that there are some years (e.g. 2018-2019) where there have not been Keres. Is this only a table of notable (or named) Keres? Secondly, since there is already an article on the 2021–2022 famine, is it possible to make the two sections on it in the article briefer? The current state of these sections is that they list a lot of individual reports, without much summarizing. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 01:13, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tenpop421! Thanks for the review. Weirdly, the discrepancy you note comes from the same source. I'll just remove the claim about them happening annually lately, absent further clarity. I'll cut down the 2021–2022 section, too. Thanks again! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 01:41, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's my pleasure! Ping me when you're done. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 01:46, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'm satisfied. Good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 11:37, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm sorry but this is crazy -- how is France not spearheading aid efforts to the tune of ensuring that no single person dies as a result of their colonial prejudice less than 100 years ago, and reforesting the areas they destroyed? Al Begamut (talk) 21:37, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]