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 on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold fantastic promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, as well as to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological method will assist to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based on the nation's own biological resources A database of data associating with Jatropha will be constructed and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this arid area that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate change. The task will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.