There have been growing concerns regarding the massive government investment and demands regarding whether government policy achieves the intended outcomes However argue that the evaluation study of agricultural and rural policies lacks the empirical evidence to prove the program's effectiveness. In this regard, an additional challenge originates from the demand to incorporate an ex-post empirical approach and quantitative methods to recent rural policies To date, policymakers have put more emphasis on policy-making itself and on organizational and political legitimacy rather than a rigorous ex-post evaluation.