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 upon bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high productivity, as well as to establish methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological method will assist to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this dry area that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to climate change. The project 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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