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 stand up to dryness and winter cold. It also has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold fantastic promise as a biofuel. The goal of this is to use these resources to establish jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high performance, along with to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological technique will assist to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be built and suitable ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to climate change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing 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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