DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE & SERICULTURE
WANAPARTHY DISTRICT
Department Name and its Address
Horticulture and Sericulture Department
1st Floor, Room No.102
IDOC, Wanaparthy
Short Introduction to departmental 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 30092 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 19394, Oil palm 6323, Vegetables 3503,Flowers 14.37, Spices 494.00Medicinal & Aromatic Plants 4.19Total 28495 acresstrength 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.
District level Schemes
- MIDH – Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
- PMRKVY-PDMC – Pradhan Mantri Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana-Per Drop More Crop
- NMEO-OP – National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil palm
- SBM – State Bamboo Mission
- CDP – Cluster Development Programme
Target Assignments and Achievements.
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Sl. No |
Scheme |
Component |
Unit |
Target |
Achievement |
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Phy. |
Fin. In lakhs |
Phy. |
Fin. In lakhs |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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1 |
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) |
Area Expansion of fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, 2nd& 3rd Yr Maintenance, Rejuvenation, Mulching and IPM/INM. |
Ac. |
915 |
196.81 |
464.76 |
67.77 |
|
Farm Ponds, Pack Houses, HRD Trainings, Farm Mechanization & Vermi compost |
Unit |
859 |
182 |
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2 |
Pradhan Mantri Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana-Per Drop More Crop (PMRKVY-PDMC) |
Drip (Other crops) |
Ac. |
945.39 |
477.74 |
250.28 |
63.64 |
|
Drip (Oil palm) |
Ac. |
1854.11 |
396.42 |
687.8 |
109.49 |
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Sprinkler |
Units |
1200 |
196.42 |
189 |
29.83 |
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Permanent Pandals |
Units |
10 |
5 |
10 |
– |
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3 |
National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil palm |
1st Yr, Planting material, Maintenance & Inter crop assistance |
Ac. |
2600 |
410.8 |
604.175 |
47.39 |
|
2nd Yr Maintenance & Inter crop assistance |
Ac. |
317.3 |
13.33 |
282.075 |
11.85 |
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3rd Yr Maintenance & Inter crop assistance |
Ac. |
522.975 |
21.96 |
481.775 |
20.23 |
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4th Yr Maintenance & Inter crop assistance |
Ac. |
1556.6 |
65.38 |
1491.5 |
62.64 |
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4 |
State Bamboo Mission |
1st Year |
Ac. |
30 |
4.32 |
11.5 |
– |
|
2nd Year |
Ac. |
5.51 |
0.53 |
5.51 |
0.53 |
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5 |
Sericulture |
Area Expansion Mulberry plantation |
Ac. |
30 |
– |
4 |
– |
Special Initiatives
- Since mango cultivation is predominant, the Government has identified Wanaparthy district for the implementation of the Cluster Development Programme (CDP) for Mango (CDP-MANGO). As part of this programme, during the financial year 2025–26, a total of 30,48,000 covers were distributed to 204 mango farmers
Department officers and Contact numbers, email-IDs
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Sl. |
Name of the |
Designation |
Mobile No. |
Email-ID |
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1 |
V.Vijaya Bhasker |
District Horticulture & Sericulture Officer |
8977714302 |
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2 |
G.Shiva Teja |
Horticulture Officer |
8977714306 |
gurramshivateja@gmail.com |
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3 |
N. Suresh |
Horticulture Officer |
8977714303 |
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4 |
K. Srikanth |
Horticulture Officer |
8977714407 |
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5 |
R. Krishnaiah |
Horticulture Officer |
8977714304 |
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6 |
S.Bala Prakash Goud |
Horticulture Extension Officer |
9491621138 |
balagoudhorti07@gmail.com |
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7 |
J.Sathish |
Horticulture Extension Officer |
9553036870 |
jarpulasathish@gmail.com |
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8 |
A.Revathi |
Horticulture Extension Officer |
8328550542 |
revathiarige999@gmail.com |
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9 |
P.Shireesha |
Horticulture Extension Officer |
9182100094 |
shireeshaheo1999@gmail.com |
Dist. Horti.& Seri Officer
Wanaparthy.
Oil Palm Mega Plantation Drive was organized at Tadiparthi Village, Gopalpeta Mandal, Wanaparthy District with Hon’ble District Collector Sri.Adarsh Surabhi, IAS, as Special Invitee and participation of all Mandal-level officials and local public representatives.
Hon’ble APC Sri Surendra Mohan visits Redgram & Oil Palm fields at Janumpalli, Pebbair Mandal, and interacts with farmers on crop diversification and promotion of rainfed crops
