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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to 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 task is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are 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 technique will assist to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based on the nation's own biological resources A database of biological resource data connecting to Jatropha will be built and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid area that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to environment change. The project will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.