Crops in slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the achievement of a low carbon society based upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It also has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold fantastic guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to use these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and offer high performance, as well as to establish techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach will help 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 associating with Jatropha will be built and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is versatile with respect to climate change. The project will work to develop 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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