In this March 8, 2011 photo, Tomas Esmael greets a villager outside his shop in Nhampaza, Mozambique, where seeds and fertilizer vie for space with cookies, soap, candles and cooking oil. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa gave $1.5 million to train small merchants like Esmael to run better businesses, develop relationships with hybrid seed suppliers and learn tips to pass on to farmers. In Mozambique which tried and failed to run its economy on Marxist lines, it's now the turn of small-time businessmen to form part of a chain linking scientists and farmers that experts hope will help the country and the rest of Africa solve it's chronic food crises. (AP Photo/Donna Bryson)