Crops in Botswana grow slowly 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 endure dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold terrific pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to make use of these resources to establish jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high performance, in addition to to establish methods of cultivating these ranges. In this method, a biological approach will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this dry area that is subject to cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to environment change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.