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 country has an abundance of wild plants that can stand up to dryness and winter cold. It also has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil thought about to hold terrific guarantee as a biofuel. The goal of this task is to make use of these resources to establish Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and winter and deal high productivity, in addition to to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological technique will help to attain a low carbon society.
Creating a bioenergy production model based upon the nation's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data relating to Jatropha will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this dry area that goes through cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is versatile with respect to environment change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.