Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the achievement of a low carbon society based on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to utilize these resources to establish Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high efficiency, as well as to establish approaches of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach will assist to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information relating to Jatropha will be constructed and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this dry region that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is flexible with regard to change. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.
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Information-based Optimization of Jatropha Biomass Energy Production in the Frost- and Drought-prone Regions Of Botswana
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