TY - JOUR AU - Tahir, Thamrin PY - 2017 TI - The Social Impacts of Rice Distribution Program for Poor People JF - American Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 14 IS - 2 DO - 10.3844/ajassp.2017.335.339 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2017.335.339 AB - This research aims at identifying the social impacts of rice distribution program at Batua in Panakukkang district, Makassar city. This research is a kind of survey research. In this research, the technique of data analysis is a qualitative descriptive that explores research results descriptively. The research results showed that there is no impact economically, because the distribution is only enough for food, not to fulfill other needs like clothes and shelter. The results also showed that there is no impact to sociocultural conditions of the receivers.