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 nation has an abundance of wild plants that can endure dryness and winter season cold. It also has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold terrific pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to use these resources to establish Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high productivity, along with to establish 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 on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be built and ideal varieties will be established. Moreover, in this dry region that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is versatile with respect to climate change. The task will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.