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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The objective 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 performance, along with to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological method will help to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to jatropha curcas will be built and ideal varieties will be established. Moreover, in this arid area that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with respect to environment modification. The job will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.