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 on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to use these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high efficiency, in addition to to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach will help to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to environment change. The job will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model using 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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