Economic Analysis of Fruit Processing at Full Time Farm

Cilj raziskave je bil analizirati ekonomsko upravičenost predelave sadja na čisti sadjarski kmetiji. V ta namen smo razvili tehnološko ekonomski simulacijski model za pridelavo in predelavo sadja. Analiza je pokazala, da je z ekonomskega vidika najbolj ekonomsko upravičena pridelava jabolk (finančni rezultat, FR = 36.801,50 € in koeficient ekonomičnosti, Ke = 1,78). Z ekonomskega vidika je pri predelavi sadja najučinkovitejša predelava jabolk v jabolčni džem (FR = 64,80 € in Ke = 1,94). Kot je razvidno iz rezultatov raziskave, je ekonomsko najbolj upravičena pridelava sadja, kjer je vložek ročnega dela nižji (jabolka, sledijo jim breskve, sledijo jagode). Pri predelavi sadja je zelo pomembna cena vhodne surovine. V analiziranem primeru so cenovno najbolj sprejemljiva vhodna surovina jabolka (lastna cena, LC = 0,12 €/kg), sledijo jim breskve (LC = 0,60 €/kg) in kot zadnje sledijo jagode (LC = 2,00 €/kg). Anketna analiza potrošnikov je pokazala, da potrošniki želijo cenovno ugodne in hkrati kvalitetne izdelke.The aim of the study was to analyze the economic viability of the fruit processing at full time farm. For this purpose we developed a technologically economic simulation model for growing and processing fruit. The analysis has shown that from an economic viability point of view the most suitable is the production of apples (financial result, FR = 36.801,50 € and coefficient of economics, Ce = 1,78). From the economical point of view, the most suitable processing of fruit is the processing of apples into jam (FR = 64,80 € and Ce = 1,94). As is evident from the results of the research, economically the most viable is such fruit production, wher the manual labor input is the lowest (apples, followed by peaches, followed by strawberries). In the processing of fruit the price of the raw input is very important. In the analyzed case, apples are the most price-led raw input (break even price, BEP = 0,12 €/kg), followed by peaches (BEP = 0,60 €/kg) and finally by strawberries (BEP = 2,00 €/kg). The consumer survey analysis has shown that consumers want price-led and quality products