Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Alappuzha Food Processing |
| 2 | Place | Alappuzha |
| 3 | District | Alappuzha |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 2000 units. All are Micro |
| 6 | No. of workers | 3000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs 200 million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Gandhi Smaraka Grama Seva Kendram (GSGSK) Fish Processing and Marketing Association (FPMA) Arnapurana. |
| 9 | Major products | Rice, Milk and Fish. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Alappuzha |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Kerala Export Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | There is no processing / value added products by the cluster apart from few units in fish processing. Diversification in to various segments in Food Process Industry requires very high investment which is not possible by single unit. The manufacturing facility of the units has to be upgraded to meet the modern food processing industry requirements . Lack of product range. Absence of sales & distribution network. Production technology, especially labour intensive process, which could be reduced by mechanisation using CFC. The cluster outputs are low due to constraints of individual units, space and non availability of machinery and facility. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | March 2009, KBIP, Thiruvananthapuram |