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 on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold terrific guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to utilize these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high performance, in addition to to establish techniques of cultivating these varieties.
In this way, a biological method will help to accomplish a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to jatropha curcas will be built and appropriate varieties will be developed.
Moreover, in this desert that goes through cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to climate modification. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.
