LABOUR CONSUMPTION OF FRUIT PRODUCTION ON THE EXAMPLE OF SELECTED FARMS

The paper determines labour consumption of production in the selected fruit farms located on the territory of Łancut commune. The research was carried out in the form of a guided survey in thirty fruit farms. For comparative purposes, the investigated farms were divided into area groups and the groups of a varied percentage share of orchards in the total area of AL. The net output balance showed that in the unit view, the highest value of this pro- duction category (8.88 thousand PLNha -1 AL) was obtained in farms, which had the lowest land resources i.e. to 5 ha of AL. In case of the economic index of workforce productivity, the most advantageous result was obtained in the biggest objects i.e. of the area above 10 ha, where one man-hour was compensated with the value of the net output at the level of 0.23 thousand PLN.