Awareness programme conducted in association with a local Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) at Laidam village in Pondur Mandal of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh on 19th February 2022 by Csir Cimap Research Centre, Hyderabad. Five thousand Lemongrass slips were distributed to the farmers along with the literature on cultivation and distillation of aromatic crops in the local Telugu language. The demonstration of plantation in the farmers' fields was also conducted to initiate a new cluster development in this region in the presence of Village Sarpanch.