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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter season cold. It also has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to use these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high performance, as well as to develop approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach will help to attain a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the country's own biological resources A database of biological resource information associating with Jatropha will be constructed and ideal varieties will be established. Moreover, in this arid region that goes through winter, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.