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 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 abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to make use of these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, along with to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological method will help to attain a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based on the nation's own biological resources A database of biological resource information to jatropha curcas will be built and suitable ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that is subject to cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to climate change. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.