This Manual analyzes political, legal, economic and commercial aspects of the management and operation of wholesale markets. It has been prepared to assist market managers and authorities concerned with food wholesaling
issues to improve the management of existing or planned wholesale markets. It follows related publications on food wholesale markets prepared by FAO in 1976 and 1991, under the authorship of H.J. Mittendorf and J.D.Tracey-White, respectively, which focussed primarily on the technical aspects of planning and design of wholesale markets.