Comparative analysis of production and income of rice farmers using and not using people’s business credit (KUR)

Abstract

The agricultural commodity that is expected to move positively in terms of increasing production and income is rice. One of the methods used is the provision of capital to control production inputs. One of the methods used by the government is to provide loans, namely the people’s business credit program (KUR). The purpose of this study was to analyze the comparison of production and income of rice farmers using and not using KUR in Balirejo Village, Angkona District, East Luwu Regency. The analysis technique used is the farm income analysis method. The results of this study indicate that from the results of comparison of production, the average income of farmers who use KUR is lower than farmers who do not use KUR. Farmers who use KUR have an average income of IDR 17,634,912 while farmers who do not use KUR have an average income of IDR 17,886,204.