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 cold. It also has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold great promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to utilize these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and deal high productivity, as well as to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological method will help to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be built and suitable ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this arid region that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is versatile with regard to . The task will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant hereditary 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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