Crops in Botswana grow slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based upon bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to make use of these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, along with to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. 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 data connecting to Jatropha will be constructed and suitable ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that goes through winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with respect to climate modification. The project will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.