Crops in Botswana grow slowly due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based on bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against dryness and winter cold. It also has great deals of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities of an oil considered to hold terrific promise as a biofuel. The objective of this task is to use these resources to develop Jatropha varieties that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high performance, in addition to to establish techniques of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach will help to attain a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production design based upon the country's own biological resources A database of biological resource information associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and suitable varieties will be developed. Moreover, in this arid region that goes through cold weather, efforts will be made to develop a cultivation system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The task will work to develop a sustainable bioenergy production design utilizing plant that are native to Botswana.