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 . 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 trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold fantastic guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to use these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and offer high performance, along with to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological method will assist to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with Jatropha will be constructed and appropriate varieties will be established. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate change. The task will work to build 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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