Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | East Godavari Rice Mill |
| 2 | Place | Within 50 Kms radius |
| 3 | District | East Godavari |
| 4 | State | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | Micro Firms : 400 Small Firms: 134, Medium Firms : 16+ Total : 550 (The highest in number in the state) |
| 6 | No. of workers | 20000 direct and 10000 indirect |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Domestic Rs. 8000 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | East Godavari Rice Millers Association |
| 9 | Major products | Boiled Rice, Milled normal Rice, Brokens, Rice Braun Oil, Rice Flour, |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Agricultural & Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA) Hyderabad Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysore |
| 11 | Major markets | Within country Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala Beside AP Export Mainly to Gulf and USA, |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Problems: Lack of awareness of the Energy efficient technologies, as the rice mills have been located in rural areas and majority of rice millers are non-technical. Dependency on local inefficient technologies and technicians Inadequate godown facilties leading damage of rice Poor polishing techniques Poor linkages with Technical institutions High post-harvest losses of 20% Chequered value chain Limited efforts on value addition Strengths: Having one of the oldest (7 decades old) and strong association with major influence in state level association Willingness of members to adopt energy efficiency measures |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Based on concept note prepared by gtz, District Website Data and e-literature |