Students in Muscat have developed a soil alternative from date palm leaves, which they say will boost local agriculture.
![Omani students say date palm leaves can be used as an eco-friendly soil alternative [Sarah Macdonald/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201491212341500734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Traditionally reliant on oil revenues, the Gulf country is making tourism a central plank of its economic strategy.
![Oman has many historic and cultural sites to attract tourists, including old forts, castles and villages [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014510141814472734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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