Information and Communication Technology and Quality of Products of Food Manufacturing Firms: Case of South-South Nigeria

ANOWOR, OLUCHUKWU F and ANIGBO, Godwin C and CHIBUZO, Anthony Chinedu and OGWURU, OGWURU Hycenth OR (2022) Information and Communication Technology and Quality of Products of Food Manufacturing Firms: Case of South-South Nigeria. DISCOVERY SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, 58 (317). pp. 453-459. ISSN 2278–5469

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Abstract

There is a growing appreciation of the consequence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the day-to-day activities of man. Theoretical and empirical postulations view ICT as both a means and an end for development. This paper therefore sets out in investigating the effects of Information and Communication Technology on the quality of products of food manufacturing firms with South-South region of Nigeria as case study. Questionnaire was designed using Likert’s scale of five-point to elicit information from 3750 respondents. The dependent variable is the quality of product of the food manufacturing firms which were measured by perception of respondents. The independent variables are tools of ICT (Computers, Internet, Television and Radio, Video and Audio devices, Social-media). The result with R2 of 0.823 revealed a significant coefficient of determination as such the independent variables explained about 82 percent of the variation in the dependent variable. F-calculated (100.175) is greater that the F-tabulated (2.8786) which means that the overall estimate has a good fit and also implies that the independent variables are simultaneously significant. The study concludes that there exists significant positive relationship between ICT and quality of product of the food manufacturing firms. Hence, maintenance of quality also means setting standards via ICT which will serve as guideline in the assurance of protection and safety of consumers in addition to improving future processing.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 20 May 2022 10:55
Last Modified: 20 May 2022 10:55
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/3515

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