Miscellaneous 2007 Aylesford, UK: Natural Resources International, 36 pp. The Research Into Use (RIU) programme is the first to be developed under the new research strategy of the United Kingdom?s Department for International Development (DFID). This strategy, known as the Strategy for Research on Sustainable Agriculture (SRSA), emphasizes the need to improve the access of poor people to knowledge and technology, through both public- and private-sector institutions. RIU has the twin aims of maximizing the livelihood-improving potential of research in the natural resources sector and capturing lessons about best practice in achieving this for different social groups and in different environments. This publication introduces RIU, explaining the rationale and concepts underlying the programme. It describes the inception phase, which ran from July 2006 to June 2007 and revealed much useful information about where and how we should target our activities. Finally, it outlines the implementation programme, which will run from July 2007 until June 2011.The brochure is available in French and English versions for Africa, and in English for Asia.