These added values of RCPP contributed to facilitate the programme’s approval. Instead of focusing on the performance of the delivered grants or their environmental outcome, success is measured based on the amount of funding allocated to partnerships with varying conservation goals. Such evaluation could be better done if the program's objectives were adjusted to go beyond funding amount to fulfilling measurable program-based resource conservation, eco-system, and farm-economic goals. The evolution of other conservation programmes suggests that adjustments could be undertaken as part of future farm bills to improve design or accommodate changing priorities in the conservation agenda.