The agricultural sector has an important
contribution to the economy as well as to the fulfillment of
the basic needs of the community, especially with the
increasing number of people which means that the need
for food is also increasing. People's business credit (KUR),
is one of the credit / financing given to farmers to meet the
needs of working capital and investment. Proper
management of KUR requires good intellectual capital
and can ultimately help farmers to increase their income.
The purpose of the research is: (1) to analyze the
effectiveness of people's business credit distribution
(KUR) on intellectual capital. (2) to analyze the
effectiveness of people's business credit distribution
(KUR) on increasing farmers' income through intellectual
capital. The research approach used is quantitative.
Research locations in Sidrap, Pinrang, Gowa, and
Bantaeng. The population is 215,452 farmers and the
sample size is 500 farmers. The analysis method uses
instrument validity and reliability test, normality test,
path analysis, paired Samples T Test, correlation and
determination. The results prove that: (1) The
effectiveness of people's business credit distribution
(KUR) has a positive and significant effect on intellectual
capital. (2) The effectiveness of the distribution of people's
business loans (KUR) positively and significantly affects
the increase in farmers' income through intellectual
capital
Keywords : Business Credit; Distribution; Intellectual Capita; Farmers' Income