Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the achievement of a low carbon society based upon bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold fantastic guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to use these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high performance, as well as to establish techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological technique will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be established. Moreover, in this arid area that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is flexible with respect to climate modification. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.