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 country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It also has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold terrific promise as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high performance, along with to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological technique will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be established. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.