Under this SGP project, farmers grew sugandhi for about a year. The project results were came out during the Expost study of GEF SGP India. As the project was closed down in 1998 by the previous NHI, the documentation wa half way done.

the outcomes of Expost study of the projects gives the farmers perspective that the new sugandhi varity gave a lower yield than the naturally grown variety which they harveted earlier. However, the price they received remianed the same i.e. seven- eight pise for a small handful and 25 paise for a large handful. After discontinuing sugandhi the famrers could not revert to the native lemongrass since this had been uprooted to sow the sughndhi seedlings. after a year, PDS the NGO introduced tes cultivation in the area by setting up nursery for tea plants.

The main crops grwon today here are tea, cofee, pepper, vegetables, tapioca and ginger. Tea and pepper cultivation is a more recent development. organic tea farming promoted by PDS in the area with certification of farmers lands for export, setting up of a tea factory, and organisation of small farmers into tea growers consortuium. The farmers have always grown tea organically, as they could not afford fertilizers and only used cow dung from their own cattle. In general farners became inclined towards tea since less effort is needed and it has become a perenial crop.