벼 대체 사료작물 이용시스템 구축 방안

Abstract

초식가축의 생산성을 증대시키기 위해서는 양질 조사료를 일정 이상 급여해야 한다. 그러나 축산업에서 차지하는 조사료의 중요성에 비해 아직까지 우리나라의 조사료 생산과 유통체계는 많은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 한편 지속적으로 발생하는 쌀의 수급불안을 해결하기 위해 벼 재배면적을 축소하고 해당 면적에 다른 대체작물을 재배하는 정책이 진행되고 있다. 이 연구는 벼 대체작물로서 국내 생산 확대가 요구되는 사료작물을 도입하는 것에 대한 타당성과 효과적인 이용체계를 검토하고 있다.

This research examines an economic efficiency of growing forage crops instead of rice and establishes effective using-system of forage crops. Continuous exceed supply of rice with its decreasing price is pointed out as a main factor of farm income decline. To mitigate such situation, it is necessary to replace rice acreages to other alternative crops. However, considering food security and North Korea’s food shortage problem, it is important to maintain certain amounts of paddy field acreages. With government’s subsidies, producers’ net income from field corn and rice whole crop silage are 8,820,000won and 7,790,000won per a hectare each. These figures show higher net income than from food rice production. Without government’s subsidy, meanwhile, food rice growers’ net income much higher than forage crops. Thus, introducing more productivity and cost reducing technologies with direct payment for forage crops are necessary to facilitate replacing rice acreages. This study interviewed livestock growers, rice farmers, and TMR companies to examine the possible approaches of enlarging forage crop productions in paddy fields. The outcomes showed that maintaining stable sources of forage crops supply and demand are most important to derive income. Livestock industry also demands upgrading forage crop qualities. The research argues that a lack of market-based system is the main obstacle of restricting the growth of domestic forage crop production. To solve market inefficiency in domestic forage production and consumption, it is necessary to introduce the “forage crop exchange center” in a several regions. The “forage crop exchange center” will provides several functions such as forage crop wholesale market place, supplying information for reducing uncertainties and setting price signals, providing funding opportunities for small businesses.

Researchers: Woo, Byung-Joon; Jung, Min-Kook, Lee, Myung-Gi, Kim, Hyun Joong E-mail address: bjwoo@krei.re.kr