A Review of the Role of Review of the Role of Review of the Role of ICTs in Enhancing Food Enhancing Food Production and Sustainability for National Development in Nigeria: The Way Forward

Phillips Olubiyi Department of General Studies The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria E mail: olubiyi.philips@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng olubiyi.philips@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng

ABSTRACT This paper was motivated by the necessity to evaluate the role of the information, communication technologies (ICTs) available for the production and sustainability of food crops for human consumption in Nigeria. The paper argued that there still exist major policy gaps by the Nigerian government on agricultural productivity. The key objective of this paper is to show that ICTs has continued to impact significantly on the production and sustainability of food globally with the application of array of ICT tools and gadgets including the use of internet and mole phones. The paper applied a critical theoretical qualitative research approach to argue that the various levels of government in Nigeria urgently need to massively invest in ICT capacities through education to inform, and innovate current agricultural techniques for improved and sustainable production. Keywords Keywords: Food Production in Nigeria, Application of ICTs, Way Forward.