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Type # 2. Secondary Markets:
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These are also known as ‘wholesale’ or ‘assembling’ markets and are called ‘mandis’ or ‘gungs’. There are about 4145 such markets. These markets are permanent in nature; business in the markets is transacted regularly throughout the year.
The produce is handled in large quantities and specialized operators become necessary for the performance of different services. The markets provide facilities of storage, handling and banking services and are well-served by roads and railways. A number of middlemen operate in these markets.
Type # 3. Terminal Markets:
These markets perform the function of carrying goods to consumers, final buyers or to places of processing. Such markets are to be found in big cities or at ports. The area of their operation extends over a state.
Type # 4. Fairs:
Fairs held on religious occasions at pilgrim centres are important sources of marketing of agricultural produce in India. Such fairs are held annually and are organized by district officers, local bodies or private agencies. These fairs are very popular in Bihar, W. Bengal, UP, Orissa, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Type # 5. Regulated Markets:
These have been set up by the Government with the purpose of checking fraudulent practices which are generally practiced by traders in the primary and secondary markets. In these markets, the rules and regulations are prescribed by the Government marketing practices.
Type # 6. Co-Operative Marketing:
These markets function on the basis of principles of cooperation. A cooperative marketing society carry the agricultural produce direct to the consumers thus eliminating a large army of middlemen and intermediaries.
Type # 7. State Trading:
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State trading in agricultural produce has become an important element of agricultural marketing in India. State agencies like, Food Corporation of India, set up their exclusive centres in and around villages and mandis at harvest time to procure produce from peasants to Government at fixed prices.