Crops in 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 stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high efficiency, along with to establish techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological technique will assist to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information relating to jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this dry region that goes through cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to environment change. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design using 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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