Perez L. MThogori M. NWabwire J. M.2025-04-162025-04-162023-11Perez, L. M., Thogori M. N. & Wabwire J. M. (2023). Effect of information sharing practices on performance of food processing firms in Nairobi County, Kenya. In: Isutsa, D. K. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Chuka University 9th Annual International Research Conference held in Chuka University, Chuka, Kenya from 490-496 pp.https://repository.chuka.ac.ke/handle/123456789/17758The information sharing practices account to about fifty percent of the profitability and better performance of any firm. The food processing subsector performance has been declining thus its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product has reduced to 10% thus leading to operation inefficiency. The objective of the study was to probe the effect of information sharing practices on performance of food processing firms in Nairobi County. The study was premised on the Complexity theory in logistics. Descriptive research design was employed. A population of 172 food processing firms and a sample size of 120 firms was determined. Stratified and simple random sampling were used to select specific firms while data were collected using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics aided in describing the primary characteristics of the data. Regression analysis aided to ascertain the effect of information sharing practices on performance of food processing firms with the aid of SPSS version 28. T-statistics were used to gauge the significance of individual objectives at 5% confidence level while F-statistic was used to establish the overall significance of the model. The study established information sharing practices was found to be positively correlated to performance, (regression coefficient regression coefficient 0.247, p-value 0.029). The study concluded that information sharing practices had substantial impact on performance on Food processing firms and recommends that food processing firms should firms should invest more in information sharing platform such as the EDI to enhance free flow of information. Keywords: Information Sharing Practices, Performance and Food Processing Firms.enInformation Sharing PracticesPerformance and Food Processing FirmsArticle