Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the achievement of a low carbon society based on bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to utilize these resources to establish Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high productivity, as well as to develop methods 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 nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to jatropha curcas will be built and will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that goes through cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to climate change. The job will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model 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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