啤酒酿造中欧盟的啤酒花供应特点

基于作者在国际啤酒花种植协会的活动和研究结果以及对相关文献的回顾,对欧盟的啤酒花产业结构、生产特点和欧盟啤酒花产业在世界啤酒行业的经济地位进行了综述。论述表明,欧盟啤酒花产业结构发生了很大变化。以市场为导向的结构调整及改变更具竞争力。在2000年至2008年期间,欧盟主要啤酒花种植国家中啤酒花农场的数量大幅下降。导致几乎所有欧盟成员国农场的平均规模有所增加。为保证生产利润的最大化,啤酒花农场的专业化程度在增加,经营模式也逐渐向企业经营模式转变。

A Character of the EU Hop Supply for the World Beer Brewing Sector

This article is based on authors' research results,activities within the International Hop Growers' Convention(IHGC)and a review of the literature available.It aims at giving an overview of the EU hop industry structure,production characteristics and its economic position within the world beer industry.The results demonstrate that the production structure in the hop industry sector varies greatly across EU countries.Furthermore,the structure is changing due to a market-driven structural adjustment aimed at being more competitive.The number of farms growing hops in the main hop-producing countries in the EU declined significantly during the 2000-2008 period.As a result,the average farm size increased in almost all EU member states.The rate of specialization of hops farms is generally increasing.Hop farmers are stepwise becoming entrepreneurs,trying to achieve a farm size that creates production more lucrative.