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 season cold. It also has great deals of trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil thought about to hold fantastic pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to make use of these resources to establish jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high productivity, as well as to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will assist to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal varieties will be established. Moreover, in this arid region that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to environment change. The project 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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