Sustainable practices diffusion in socio-ecological systems: The Gorutuba irrigation perimeter (Brazil) analysis
Rafael F. de Abreu Campos; Dênis Antônio da Cunha; Newton Paulo Bueno
REAL/UIUC; Cedeplar/UFMG/Brazil; DER/UFV/Brazil; FUCAPE Business School/Brazil
This study aims to identify if it is possible, merely through opinion leaders,
to disseminate information in irrigation systems. System Dynamics, Agent-Based
Modeling, and Social Network Analysis approaches were used for the construction of
a hybrid simulation model. An analysis of the characteristics and structural aspects of
social networks of the Gorutuba Irrigation Perimeter, in the northern semiarid region of
the Minas Gerais state in Brazil, was performed. It was observed that the most central
agents are in key positions for the flow of information or on compulsory routes for their
dissemination, thus allowing them to filter, retain, or even distort the produced
information. The results showed that policies to improve the flow of information to
increase the resilience of such systems should be based on targeting leading agents.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2019
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