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 upon bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities 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 condition and offer high productivity, as well as to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological technique will help to attain a low carbon society.

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