Synthesis Outline & Table
Name: Elisha Maurice
Topic: Problem/Solution of Modern vs Traditional Farming
Visual Outline: 5 – 7 pages (each blue box represents one page)
Click on the white areas in each box and type a tentative idea for what you’ll cover in each. This can (and probably will) change, and you can adjust
the outline when you start writing. Feel free to add boxes if you need more, or leave them blank if you need fewer than are given.
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Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Introduction:
Modern farming is
efficient than
tranditional farming
Defination of
modern and
traditional farming
Cause: why low
Agricultural
production in
Nigeria
Cause3: why rural
poverty
Page 5
Effect of low
agricultural
production
Effect of
environment
degredation
Cause4: lack of
sustainable storage
facilities
Effect of
sustainable storage
facilities
Cause2: why
environment
degredation
Page 6
Effect of rural
poverty
Page 7
Solution1
Solution2
Compare/contrast
conclusion
Synthesis Table: 6 – 8+ sources (two must be scholarly sources)
Click on the gray areas in each box and type your paragraph ideas across the top row as identified on the visual outline. Add source
information (author’s last name, date, abbreviated title) in the gray left-hand boxes of the vertical column. Then consider which sources
you’ll put under each paragraph. Keep in mind that sources can be used more than once in many areas of the paper. A standard paper
will typically have at least one source per body paragraph. Feel free to add columns or rows if you need more, or delete them if you
need fewer than are given.
Paragraphs
Source 1
Olaoye et al.
(2014)
‘’comprehensive
evaluation…..’’
Source 2
Nwagwu, W. E.
(2015) ‘’farmers’
awareness…..’’
Source 3
Food and
Agriculture
Organisation of
United Nation.
(2021)
‘’Digitalization…’’
Source 4
AgroNigeria.
(2022) ‘’The role
of mobile
technology…..’’
Source 5
Altieri, M. A.
(1995) ‘’The
science of
sustainable
Agriculture
Introduction
(may or may
not include
sources)
Defination
of modern
and
traditional
farming
Cause: why
low
Agricultural
production
in Nigeria
Cause3:
why rural
poverty
Effect of low
agricultural
production
Cause2: why
environment
degredation
Effect of
sustainable
storage
facilities
Solution1
Infrastructure
development
Solution2
Education
and skill
development
Solution3
Techynological
innovation
and adoption
Source 6
Netting, R. M.
(1993) ‘’Farm
families…’’
ITU Reports
(2020) ‘’ Eagriculture in
action: Digital
technologies for
agriculture’’
Source 7
Bourne, J. K.
(2009) ‘’The end
of plenty…’’
FAO Publications
(2019) ‘’Capacity
development for
agricultural
innovation
systems’’
Source 8
Adesina, A. A.
(2013) ‘’ The
Agricultural
Transformation
Agenda..’’
Blackmore et al.
(2018) ‘’
Precision
agriculture and
robotics’’
Source 9
Federal Ministry
of Agriculture
and Rural
Development
(2021) ‘’
Agricultural
policy reforms
for sustainable
development in
Nigeria’’