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 endure dryness and winter cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil thought about to hold fantastic promise as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high performance, along with to establish approaches of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological method will help to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and suitable ranges will be established. Moreover, in this dry area that is subject to cold weather condition, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with regard to environment change. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.