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<br />XIII. SUCCESS FACTORS <br /> <br />T~ere are a nu~ber of reaso~s wny the Wel1ton-~ohawk On-farm Irrigation <br />l~?rove~ent Prograc was successful and proved to be very effective in the <br />conservation 0: .ater. <br /> <br /> <br />,--:..:~,-~t~'- ~~~t~<:-.~~:.. ..' <br /> <br />These factors contributed to success: <br /> <br />---national and international involvement <br />---high political awareness <br />---community knew the problem must be solved <br />---comcunity cohesiveness <br />---good existing information program <br />---farmers were ready and willing to change <br />---long-term residence <br />---risk oriented, highly educated innovators <br /> <br />Return of crop residue <br /> <br />Fro~ an SCS point of view and the on-farn delivery system, several elements <br />are related to achieving high participation rates. They include: <br /> <br />---ha~ing an on-site staff for the length of the project <br /> <br />---having adequate diversity in staff planning, application and evaluation <br />needs <br /> <br />---farmers were provided with technical and financiaI assistance <br /> <br />---farmers were provided with multiple land treatment alternatives <br /> <br />---having SCS specialists meet with 10caI contractors to insure timely and <br />high quality work <br /> <br />---raising cost-share levels for funding of project measures <br /> <br />---far", boundary and right-of-way engineering services, irrigation records and <br />cumputer time were supplied by the Wellton-~ohawk Irrigation and Drainage <br />District <br /> <br />---preplanning and mediation assistance was provided by the Welton-~Iohawk <br />Valley Natural Resource Conservation District <br /> <br />- 37 - <br />