Crops in Botswana grow gradually 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 endure dryness and winter season cold. It also has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold fantastic promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high efficiency, along with to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will assist to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be built and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes winter, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to environment modification. The task will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic 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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