Crops in 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 endure dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to use these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and offer high productivity, as well as to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will help to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information relating to Jatropha will be built and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The project will work to construct 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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