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 upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter cold. It also has large numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to utilize these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and deal high productivity, as well as to develop methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach will assist to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a model based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data connecting to jatropha curcas will be built and suitable ranges will be established. Moreover, in this dry area that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to environment change. The project will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant hereditary 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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