Crops in Botswana grow slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the achievement of a low carbon based on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold fantastic pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to make use of these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high efficiency, as well as to develop techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will help to accomplish 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 suitable ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing 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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