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that research results contribute insufficiently to improved farming practices. Development and research policy perspectives:In the last part, Stephan Krall (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) presented research needs from the development assistance perspective, and Marc Dusseldorp (Office for Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag -TAB), based on the TAB-project "Research contributions to solving the world food problem", discussed the relevance of participatory research approaches for low-input intensification and options to reduce the existing constrains in the research funding and organisation.The term "low-input intensification" was discussed controversially and alternatives such as sustainable intensification or eco-functional intensification were proposed. Agreement was reached that low-input intensification focuses on more independence from classical external inputs such as synthetic fertilizer and pesticides. It is in so far misleading as such external inputs are subsidized by higher demand for information, knowledge, networking, production system adjustments, etc. which are in most case "external" and associated with different kind of costs. This constitutes that low-input intensification normally happens not by itself but requires policy support. Notes1) The KIT start-up project is jointly carried out by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS, Campus North) and the Institute for Geography and Geoecology (IfGG, Campus South).2) The workshop proceedings will be published as KIT Scientific Report No. 7584.

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