HORTICULTURE & SERICULTURE

1. Department Name and its Address:

Horticulture and Sericulture Department

1^st Floor, Room No.102

IDOC, Wanaparthy

2. Short Introduction to Department Activities:

Horticulture crops have gained considerable importance and popularity in the last decade as a means for diversification of land, providing remunerative returns, creating employment opportunities in rural areas, providing raw material for the good processing industry and improving foreign exchange earning though exports. Horticulture crops in Wanaparthy district are currently grown in 23332 acres. The district has varied natural resource base for the tropical, subtropical and arid crops. With vast land and access to modern technology, which provides ideal condition for area expansion, increasing production to meet the internal and external demands. The area and production of horticulture crops in the district is given below. Crops Area (Ac) Fruits 16946 Vegetables 2167 Flowers 14.37, Species 2552.00 Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 4.19 Total 23332 acres strength of the District Congenial Agro-climatic conditions for cultivation of different Vegetable crops. Educated and progressive farming community. Close proximity to twin city markets. Well distributed credit linkages. Availability of good research support form SKLTSHU, KVK, CRIDA, ICRISAT, NIRD etc, well connected road and rail network to entire district. Strong support to horticulture sector from Government. Procurement of fruits and vegetables by corporate retail giants and partly avoiding middle men involvement.

3. District level Schemes:

• TSMIP – Telangana State Micro Irrigation Project
• MIDH – Mission For Integrated Development Of  Horticulture
• RKVY – Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
• NFSM – National Food Security Mission
• CDP – Cluster Development Programme
• NBHM – National Beekeeping And Honey Bee Mission
• NBM – National Bamboo Mission
• SMAF – Submission On Agro Forestry

4. Target Assignments and Achievements:

Sl. No	Scheme	Component	Sub component / Crop	Unit (Ha./ Nos.)	Target	Achievement
					Phy.	Phy.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture)	Establishment of New Gardens – Area Expansion	Papaya, Mango, Citrus, Guava, Dragan Fruit & Hy.Veg	Ha.	37.50	37.50
2	RKVY  (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana)	RKVY – RAFTAAR-2018-19 for implementation during 2021-22 with available funds	Permanent Pandals	Units	4	4
3	NFSM (National Food Security Mission)	Oil Palm Pilot Project 2020-21	Area Expansion	Ac	225.00	225.00
		Oil Palm 2022-23	Area Expansion 2022-23	Ac	3000.00	0.00
4	TSMIP (Telangana State Micro Irrigation Project)	PMKSY (Per Drop More Crop)	Drip	Ha.	630.84	630.84
			Sprinkler	Units	2622.00	2622.00
5	SERICULTURE	AREA EXPANSION	Mulberry Crops	Ac	100.00	20.00
6	CDP (Cluster Development Programme for Mango)	Erstwhile Mahabubnagar District is selected for Cluster Development Programme for Mango.  For the implementation of CDP,  Cluster Gap Assessment Report is submitted to Head Office.

5. Special Initiatives:

• CDP Mango – Erstwhile Mahabubnagar District is selected for Cluster Development Programme for Mango. For the implementation of CDP, Cluster Gap Assessment Report is submitted to Head Office.

6. Activities:

Oil palm nurseries in Kadukuntla and Madanapuram were visited by Telangana Government Advisor sri BN Rao and District Horticulture & Sericulture K Suresh as on 13-12-2022:

 

Oil Palm Juvenile garden field visit of by Honorable  District Collector:

Vegetable Minikits were distributed to farmers to encourage vegetable cultivation in Kitchen Gardens by Honorable  District Collector:

Conducted Training Programme to Oil Palm Growers on Production Technology of Oil Palm at KVK Madanapuram on 29-11-2022:

 

 

Exposure visit to Agriculture Officers and Agriculture Extension Officers of Wanaparthy district to Ashwararaopet, Badradri Kothagudem conducted from 06-11-2022 to 08-11-2022 to create awareness on production technology of Oil Palm:

Training to AOs and AEOs on Oil Palm production technology on 28-10-2022 at Nagavaram Rythu Vedika Wanaparthy mandal given by District Agriculture Officer and District Horticulture and Sericulture Officer:

Training to Oil Palm plantation completed farmers on care to be taken after planting Oil Palm plants at Rythu Vedika Peddagudem village, Wanaparthy Mandal on 19-10-2022:

Inauguration of Oil Palm Diary by Hon’ble District Collector Madam and Additional Collector (Revenue) sir on 15-10-2022:

 

7. Department officers and Contact numbers, email-IDs:

Sl. No	Name of the Officer	Designation	Mobile No.	Email-ID
1	K. Suresh	District Horticulture & Sericulture Officer.	7997725209	dhso-wnp-horti@telangana.gov.in
2	J.Swaroop Kumar	Horticulture Officer (T)	7997725212	hortiofficerswaroop@gmail.com
2	N. Suresh	Horticulture Officer	7997725210	sureya8889@gmail.com
3	K. Srikanth	Horticulture Officer	7997725428	srikaanth.akshay@gmail.com
4	R. Krishnaiah	Horticulture Officer	7997725427	413690@gmail.com