Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against dryness and winter season cold. It also has big numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The of this task is to use these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and deal high efficiency, in addition to to develop techniques of cultivating these varieties. 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 connecting to jatropha curcas will be built and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with regard to climate modification. The job will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing 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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