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 withstand dryness and winter cold.
It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold terrific guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this job is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high efficiency, as well as to develop techniques of cultivating these varieties.
In this method, a biological approach will help 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 curcas will be constructed and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this dry area that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is flexible with regard to environment modification. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.