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 hold up against dryness and winter cold. It likewise has large numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent guarantee 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 and offer high productivity, along with to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with Jatropha will be built and appropriate ranges will be established. Moreover, in this arid region that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is versatile with respect to climate change. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.