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 on bioenergy. However, the country has an abundance of wild plants that can withstand dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful amounts of an oil considered to hold terrific promise as a biofuel. The goal of this project is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high performance, along with to develop approaches of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological method will assist to attain a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based on the nation's own
A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be built and appropriate ranges will be established. Moreover, in this dry area that undergoes winter, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with regard to environment modification. The job will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.