Crops in Botswana grow 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 cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold fantastic pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to make use of these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high productivity, as well as to establish techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a will assist to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be built and ideal ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this arid region that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to climate modification. The project will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model using 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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