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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to utilize these resources to establish Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high efficiency, in addition to to establish techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological technique will help to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a model based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with Jatropha will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that goes through cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with respect to climate modification. The task will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant hereditary 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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