Crops in Botswana grow slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter cold. It also has large numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold fantastic as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to use these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high productivity, along with to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will assist to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to Jatropha will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with respect to climate change. The job will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model using 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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