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 on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter cold. It also has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold terrific guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to use these resources to develop jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high efficiency, as well as to establish techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological approach will assist to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate varieties will be established. Moreover, in this arid region that is subject to cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with regard to climate modification. The job will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.