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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against dryness and winter cold. It likewise has big numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold great guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to use these resources to establish Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and offer high efficiency, as well as to establish methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological method will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own A database of biological resource data connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal varieties will be established. Moreover, in this dry region that is subject to cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to environment modification. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.