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 upon bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It likewise has large numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold excellent pledge as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high performance, in addition to to establish methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological method will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a model based on the country’s own biological resources A database of biological resource information connecting to Jatropha will be constructed and suitable varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that goes through winter, efforts will be made to establish a cultivation system that is flexible with respect to climate change. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.