Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment 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 cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil thought about to hold great pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and deal high efficiency, as well as to develop techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological method will assist to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to Jatropha will be constructed and suitable varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this dry area that goes through winter, 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 using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.