LABOUR CONSUMPTION OF FRUIT PRODUCTION ON THE EXAMPLE OF SELECTED FARMS*

Abstract. The paper determines labour consumption of production in the selected fruit farms located on the territory of Łańcut 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 PLNha-1AL) 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. Key words: fruit production, work inputs, economic work performanc