우리나라의 벼 직파재배 현황과 전망을 파악하고 금후 직파 재배 확대보급의 기초자료로 활용하고자 전남북, 경남북, 경기 및 강원지역의 무논점파 17농가, 건답점파 6농가를 대상으로 2014년도 벼 직파재배 사례와 금후 계획 등에 관하여 대면 조 사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 벼 직파재배 농가에서 가장 문제시 되는 것에 대해서는 잡 초가 7농가로서 전체 23농가 중에 30%를 차지하였고, 정지와 물관리가 각각 4농가로 17%씩 이었고, 파종/파종기계와 잡초성벼(앵미)가 3농가로 13%를 차지하였고, 입모와 시비라고 응 답한 농가도 각각 1농가이었다. 벼 직파재배의 기계이앙 대비 수량성은 수량이 증수하였다는 농가가 14농가로 61%를 차지 하였고, 수량이 비슷하다는 농가가 9농가가 있었다. 벼 직파재 배의 보급전망에 대해서는 7농가가 매우 좋음이라고 하였고, 11농가는 좋음, 5농가는 보통이었다. 금후 쌀 수입개방 대비 적절한 벼 재배방법으로서는 무논점파를 선택한 것이 15농가 로 65%를 차지하였고, 건답점파라고 응답한 것이 8농가로 35%를 차지하였다.

In spite of simple and cheap cultivation method, water broadcast-seeded rice demonstrates uneven and unstable seedling establishment per unit land area and requires more herbicide and labor-input for weed control. Three experiments were conducted in a phytotron at 18~circC to evaluate the adaptability of seed-mat mulching cultivation technologies in water seeded rice for the uniform seedling establishment and the inhibition of weed occurrence without herbicide application. Five different kinds of mat with different mesh sizes and fabric properties were tested. The emergence of rice was the highest in Lawn-mat treatment, being comparable with the control, in which seeds were sown without mat. The Lawn-mat also exhibited the lowest mat tension. Mat tension may influence the emergence of rice. And once it was soaked in water, it didn't maintain its original shape any more. The emergence rate of rice was the lowest in Safer-mat treatment. In Lawn-mat treatment, which was the most effective for rice emergence in the first study, the differences of emergence and seedling establishment of rice depending on the seeding position (upper, beneath, and between mats) treatments were negligible, while they were higher in dry seeds than in pre-germinated seeds treatment. The emergence as affected by the kinds of mat also showed the same trend when tested using barnyard grass. Depending on the kinds of mat, the inhibition effect of weeds was the greatest in Safer-mat and the poorest in Lawn-mat. These results strongly suggest the possibility that the uniform seedling establishment and weed management without chemical could be achieved simultaneously by seed-mat mulching through the combination of effective mat for the emergence of rice and another efficient mat for the inhibition of weed occurrence. This possibility was also tested in the field.