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  • Founded Date December 19, 1999
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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 on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against dryness and winter cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to make use of these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, along with to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological method 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 information associating with jatropha curcas will be built and suitable varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is flexible with regard to environment change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.