PROMOTING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

This paper titled “Promoting food and nutrition security through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Delta State. To direct the investigation, two research questions and two hypotheses were developed. Descriptive survey design was used in the study. The population of the study includes all the Home Economics lecturers in the three Colleges of Education in Delta State who were all accommodated as the sample size. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire entitled “Importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Promoting Food and Nutrition Security Questionnaire” (IICTPFNSQ). The instrument was validated by two experts in Home Economics- and one lecturer in Measurement and Evaluation all in Faculty of Education, Delta State University Abraka. The result of the study showed that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has helped in distribution of information relating to sourcing of food to households in Delta State. It has helped in advertising the different types of food as well as its preparation in which many household does not have previous knowledge of. The hypotheses shows that there is a significant relationship between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and food and nutrition security in Delta State. Based on these findings, the paper recommended among other things that there is need to invest more on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) so as to increase the information concerning sourcing of food as well as preparation of alternative food so as to reduce the incidence of food insecurity in Delta State.