1 Information-based Optimization of Jatropha Biomass Energy Production in the Frost- and Drought-prone Regions Of Botswana
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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 upon bioenergy. However, the has an abundance of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to use these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, as well as to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological method will assist to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources A database of biological resource data connecting to Jatropha will be built and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this arid area that undergoes cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate change. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.