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 withstand dryness and winter cold. It also has big numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold terrific guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to make use of these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high efficiency, in addition to to develop techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological method will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information connecting to jatropha curcas will be built and appropriate varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate modification. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.