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 withstand dryness and winter cold. It also has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and and offer high performance, in addition to to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach will assist to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to Jatropha will be constructed and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate modification. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant genetic resources that are indigenous 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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