The Synergism of Regional Livestock Area Mentoring Program with Program from Local Government of East Nusa Tenggara

Synergism study of mentoring program of the regional livestockdevelopment with the Government of East Nusa Tenggara had been done from 2015 to 2018. The purpose of the study was to improve the farmer’s capability of adapting new innovation and technology which was supported by the local government. the study was used descriptive analysis based on the adaptive research to farmer’s group and also survey or monitoring. The study led to several foundings: (1) the support from local government with the given program is crucial to accelerate the adoption of innovation and technology and (2) The mentoring program of Food Crop Research Institute, especially the officer and local extension worker, is indispensable to accelerate the dissemination of innovation and technology.

Keywords: East Nusa Tenggara, regional livestock development, mentoring, synergism.