Crops in Botswana grow slowly 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 withstand dryness and winter cold. It likewise has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to utilize these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high efficiency, along with to develop methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach will help to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the own biological resources
A database of biological resource data connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate modification. The project will work to build 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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