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 cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil considered to hold excellent promise as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to use these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and deal high productivity, along with to establish approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological method will assist to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based on the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource information associating with Jatropha will be constructed and ideal varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid region that goes through winter, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is versatile with regard to climate change. The task will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant genetic resources that are native to Botswana.