Crops in Botswana grow slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the achievement of a low carbon society based on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter season cold. It also has large numbers of trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to use these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high productivity, along with to establish methods of cultivating these ranges. In this method, a biological approach will help to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with regard to environment change. The project will work to construct 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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