The document discusses food parks and related concepts: 1. Food parks are promoted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to encourage corporations to establish common facilities like cold storage and warehouses for small and medium food processing units. 2. They must be a minimum of 30 acres with at least 20 processing units. Grants of 25-33% of the project cost are provided. 20-25% of losses can be minimized through food parks. 3. The concept of backward and forward linkages in food supply chains is introduced.

1. Food Parks
Backward Integration

2. Food Park
• Promoted by Ministry of Food Processing Industries
• Encourage corporate for establishing food park with
common facilities like cold storage, ware house, etc
• To encourage entrepreneur to set up small units for
processing
• Minimum areas of 30 acres and 20 units in small and
medium scale
• Grant-in-aid to the project to the extent of 25-33%
• 20 – 25% of losses can be minimized

3. Seven Wastes
• Overproduction – the making of too much, too early or just in
case.
• Waiting – where materials or information are waiting to produce
to the next process. They are not moving or having value
added
• Transporting – where materials (or information) are being
transported into, out of or around the factory, Transport cannot
be fully eliminated, but the aim is to minimize it.
• Inappropriate processing – using machinery or equipment
which is inappropriate in terms of ‘capacity’ to perform an
operation.
• Unnecessary inventory – which ties up capital and space and
prevents identification of problems
• Defects – defined in terms of product defects, rework defects,
scrap defects or service defects.
• Unnecessary motion – the ergonomics of the work place

5. Forward Linkage
• Different Markets
for raw products
• Existing
Institutional outlets
(Eg.Safal, Metro)
• Different
Processing Units
• Export
Opportunities
Backward Linkage
• Production
• Supply Chain
• Institutional
Linkage
• Socio-Economic
• Quality
• Marketing
Food Parks

7. Schematic Profile of a Rubber Park
Rubber
Park
Ribbed
Sheets
Crepe
Rubber
Technically
specified
rubber
Latex
centrifugation
Modified rubber
(superior
processing rubber
Centralised
Testing/ QC Lab
R & D Centre
DRC Measuring
Unit
Reception
Warehouse - 1
Warehouse - 2
Warehouse - 3
Warehouse - 4
E.T.P.
Chemical
storage
unit
Water
Supply Workshop
Medical
Facilities Bank
Essential
Staff
Quarters
Library
Latex TankCommon Services
Value added
rubber
products

8. Schematic Profile of a Food Park