Crops in Botswana grow slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold great promise as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to utilize these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, as well as to develop methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological technique will assist to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to jatropha curcas will be built and appropriate varieties will be established. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design 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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