Information-based Optimization of Jatropha Biomass Energy Production in the Frost- and Drought-prone

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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 upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter cold. It also has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this job is to make use of these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high efficiency, along with to develop techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this method, a biological approach will assist to achieve a low carbon society.


Creating a bioenergy production design based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to Jatropha will be built and ideal varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes winter, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is versatile with respect to environment modification. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.