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 on bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against 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 great guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to make use of these resources to varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high performance, in addition to to establish techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological technique will help to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information relating to jatropha curcas will be built and appropriate ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The job will work to construct 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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