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 country has an of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high efficiency, as well as to develop techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will help to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data connecting to Jatropha will be constructed and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this dry region that undergoes winter, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment change. The task 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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