Research activities are growing quickly, increasingly influence the com position of production and are themselves influenced increasingly by produc er interests. Research tends to serve relatively limited interests, mainly those of the producers of developed countries. As a consequence the use of to-day's research for large parts of the world's population is doubtful. It is recom mended that wider interests be served. Since the development of the develop ing countries constitutes the highest priority for the world at large - in order to attain astabier world -, research should also derive its...