Voćarstvo je vrlo važna grana poljoprivredne proizvodnje. U dobro organiziranim uvjetima proizvodnje i plasmana voća, u voćarskoj se proizvodnji može često puta postići znatno veći bruto prinos po jedinici površine nego u drugim granama poljoprivredne proizvodnje. Naime, porastom životnog standarda raste i potrošnja svježeg voća i voćnih prerađevina. Zbog svoje nutritivne i terapeutske vrijednosti, voće ulazi u jelovnik tijekom cijele godine. Zahvaljujući usavršavanju tehnologije skladištenja i prerade voća te boljoj prometnoj povezanosti i organizaciji opskrbe tržišta, na raspolaganju nam je gotovo uvijek svježe voće i kvalitetne prerađevine. Međutim, cijena voća i voćnih prerađevina još uvijek je visoka, pa proizvođači postižu dobre ekonomske učinke. Zbog svega navedenog raste interes proizvođača voća te se uzgoj voća stalno povećava i unapređuje.
Osnovni cilj moderne voćarske proizvodnje jest da se u najkraće moguće vrijeme i uz najmanje troškove proizvodnje ostvare najveći prinosi kvalitetnog voća. Kako bi se ovaj cilj i postigao, voćar mora dobro poznavati struku. Treba istaknuti da je voćarstvo posebno teška struka pa je za dobar rad i uspjeh u proizvodnji potrebno puno stručnog znanja. Voćar mora dobro poznavati biološke značajke vrsta, sorti i podloga voćaka u odnosu na vanjske ili ekološke uvjete uzgojnog područja, kao i sve važnije tehničke i gospodarske probleme u uzgoju.
U različitim ekološkim uvjetima različite su i mogućnosti za uzgoj pojedinih vrsta i sorti voćaka. Različiti su i rokovi obavljanja pojedinih pomotehničkih i agrotehničkih zahvata. Teško je ukratko i letimično obuhvatiti svu složenost problema na način koji bi proizvođaču pružio sve potrebne informacije.Fruit growing is a very important branch of agricultural production. In well organized conditions of production and fruit placement, a far bigger gross yield per area unit can be achieved in fruit production than in other branches of agricultural production. With the rising of the living standard the consumption of fresh fruit and fruit products also rises. Because of its nutritive and therapeutic values, fruit is a part of the nutrition throughout the year. Owing to the enhancement of fruit storing and processing technologies, better traffic connections and better organization of market supply, fresh fruit and quality products are almost always available to us. However, the price of fruit and fruit products is still high, so the producers have good economic effects. Because f all the above, the interest of fruit producers is rising and fruit growing is constantly increased and enhanced.
The main goal of modern fruit production is to produce the biggest yield of quality fruit in the shortest time possible and with the lowest production cost. In order to achieve this goal, fruit-grower must know the profession well. It must be emphasized that fruit growing is a particularly difficult profession, so expertise is needed for success and good production. Fruit-grower must be well acquainted with the biological characteristics of the sorts and undergrounds of fruit-trees, together with the external or ecological conditions of growing areas, as well as all the major technical and economic problems that appear in fruit growing.
Various ecological conditions offer various possibilities of growing certain sorts of fruit. Time limits for performing certain pomo-technical and agro-technical operations also vary. It is very difficult to encompass the complexity of this problem in short in a way that would provide the producer with all the necessary information
