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Can you imagine that? >> anthony: hamdan al saqri, his father ali, and his uncle halal, come from a very long line of hard working farmers. they all grew up here, generation after generation. a tribal area of ancient villages and terraced farm land which have produced pomegranate, nuts, and dates, the premier cash crops of oman for many centuries. but, like so many places i go, so many traditional agricultural communities the young men and increasingly the women are looking elsewhere beyond the farm to seek higher education and opportunity in the city. >> anthony: this is a common story, i mea...

Small farms? >> anthony: yeah >> hamden: all of our grandfathers built that. and they built all these things with only their hands. they didn't have any machines. can you imagine that? >> anthony: hamdan al saqri, his father ali, and his uncle halal, come from a very long line of hard working farmers. they all grew up here, generation after generation. a tribal area of ancient villages and terraced farm land -- which have produced pomegranate, nuts, and dates, the premier cash crops of oman for many centuries. but, like so many places i go, so many traditional agricultural communities the youn...