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 upon bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against dryness and cold. It also has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold terrific promise as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to make use of these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high efficiency, along with to establish approaches of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach will help to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be built and suitable varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is versatile with respect to environment change. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant hereditary 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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