Agriculture remains the main occupation in the state of Telangana. For ensuring income enhancements among the farmers, especially in drought-affected areas, four awareness programmes were organized which were attended by 147 farmers. Planting material of an improved variety of lemongrass was distributed to the interested farmers. The focus in the coming months would be to introduce drought tolerant crops like lemongrass and palmarosa in the naxal affected tribal areas experiencing low rainfall.