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 endure dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has large numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to make use of these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high efficiency, in addition to to establish techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological method will help to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to Jatropha will be built and will be developed. Moreover, in this arid region that is subject to cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model using 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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