Information-based Optimization of Jatropha Biomass Energy Production in the Frost- and Drought-prone Regions Of Botswana
Crops in Botswana grow slowly 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 abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold great promise as a . The objective of this task is to utilize these resources to establish Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high performance, as well as to establish approaches of cultivating these ranges. In this method, a biological method will help to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information relating to Jatropha will be built and appropriate varieties will be established. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to environment change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.