The initiative under Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP, Ranchi) along with Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic plants (CIMAP, Lucknow) has created remarkable impact on Lemon grass growers/farmers in Bundu area of Ranchi district in Jharkhand. Lemongrass is the source of Lemongrass oil, a good source of natural citral, which is used as a basic raw material for synthesis of B
-ionone used for synthesis of a number of useful aromatic compounds and Vitamin-A. Lemongrass oil is thus used as a main substitute for ‘Cod Liver Oil’.