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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold great guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to make use of these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high productivity, in addition to to establish techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach 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 appropriate varieties will be . Moreover, in this arid area that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to climate change. The task will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production design 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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