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 endure dryness and winter cold. It likewise has big numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have plentiful quantities of an oil considered to hold excellent pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this job is to use these resources to develop jatropha curcas varieties that are resistant to dryness and winter and offer high performance, in addition to to develop methods of cultivating these varieties. In this method, a biological approach 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 associating with jatropha curcas will be constructed and ideal ranges will be established. Moreover, in this arid region that is subject to winter, efforts will be made to establish a system that is versatile with regard to environment modification. The project will work to construct a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant genetic resources that are indigenous to Botswana.