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 likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil thought about to hold great guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to use these resources to develop Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, as well as to develop techniques of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological method will assist 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 connecting to jatropha curcas will be built and suitable varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes winter, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is flexible with respect to climate change. The project will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.