Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based upon bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It likewise has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil thought about to hold terrific pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high performance, in addition to to establish approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will help to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a design based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with Jatropha will be built and ideal varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to climate modification. The job will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production design 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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