Information-based Optimization of Jatropha Biomass Energy Production in the Frost- and Drought-prone Regions Of Botswana
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 stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It also has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold excellent pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to make use of these resources to ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and offer high efficiency, in addition to to establish approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological technique will assist to achieve a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to Jatropha will be built and appropriate ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this arid region that goes through winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The job will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.