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 upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this job is to use these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to and winter and deal high performance, in addition to to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological method will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be built and ideal varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this dry area that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to climate change. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.