ICT Utilization in livestock Production Management Of Friendship Agro-industry
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2017-06
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Abstract
The main objective of this research is to identify and analyze the implemented Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools and their contribution to the livestock production managements, with a particular stress on the purposively selected private livestock farm, Friendship Agro Industry. The study assesses and evaluates different implemented ICT medias, ICT devices and ICT applications of the private livestock farm. Descriptive research method was used, and it applied questionnaires and interviews as data gathering instruments. Data were acquired through questionnaires from about 45 randomly selected respondents of the private livestock employees, each departments were addressed as much as possible, to identify and evaluate
The easiest accessible source of information for livestock update
The preferred ICT Medias, and
The available ICT solutions, devices and their application.
In addition, interview guide was developed and interviews were conducted among three senior management and co-founder of the farm (General manger, deputy general manager and marketing manager), In the meantime secondary data analysis conducted to investigate the background of the farm, the ICT utilization in the farm. Data were thoroughly observed and analyzed using SPSS statistical analysis packages version 20. The result depicted that only four of the technologies are implemented in the farm (Internet, Email, Financial management system (FMS), and Management information systems (MIS)) each supported by more than half of the respondents, regarding the easiest accessible ICT media, Internet and (newspaper, magazine, broachers) were selected by 66.7% and 60% of the respondents respectively. Around 44.4% respondents preferred Internet as the most preferred source of information for livestock update and information. Regarding their Attitude towards the Importance of ICT. Despite some of the employees have negative thought towards ICTs, the majority of the respondents have good expectation towards the importance of ICT tools and applications; the private farm has limited communication among different livestock farms and institutions. Recommendations were also made based on the conclusions drawn from the findings,
The management should keep working in infrastructure (Internet, Network, etc.) advancement for each brunch of the farm.
The farm should give attention for the establishment of research and development department, thus studies on modern and advanced ICT solutions and tools can be conducted and accordingly important ICT tools and solutions can be adapted, customized and implemented.
The farm need to work on the subscription of different journals, universities’, institutions’ and governments’ webpages for information update (newsletters, reports, research results…)
The farm management should work on capacity building activities for their employees, also they should be imitative on the establishment of private livestock farm associations.
This research is believed to provide some highlights on the utilizations of ICTs in private livestock farms so that stakeholders (individuals, institutions, local government, etc...) can get some inputs. It also can be used as a benchmark for further studies in this area.
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University in Partial Fulfillment of
The Requirements for the Degree of Master
Of Science in Information Science
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ICT adaption, ICT Tools or solution, ICT utilization