Crops in Botswana grow gradually 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 hold up against dryness and winter cold. It likewise has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold terrific pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and deal high productivity, along with to establish methods of cultivating these ranges. In this method, a biological technique 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 data relating to jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment change. The job will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.