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 country has an abundance of wild plants that can endure and winter season cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to use these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high efficiency, in addition to to develop methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach will help to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to climate modification. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model 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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