Crops in Botswana grow gradually 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 hold up against dryness and winter cold. It likewise has big numbers of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold excellent guarantee as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to utilize these resources to establish jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather and deal high productivity, as well as to establish methods of cultivating these ranges. In this way, a biological technique will assist to achieve a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data connecting to jatropha curcas will be constructed and appropriate ranges will be developed. Moreover, in this desert that undergoes cold weather, efforts will be made to establish a growing system that is flexible with respect to environment modification. The task will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model utilizing plant hereditary resources that are native to Botswana.