LinQ offers advisory services in international development cooperation with a focus on development processes in agroecological and natural resources management, concepts for sustainable and resilient agricultural production, food security, and quality management and organizational learning in sustainable development processes. LinQ is dedicated towards sustainable crop production and integrated pest management. Key topics are the strengthening of ecological understanding, local knowledge systems and decision making capabilities through participatory, adaptive and stakeholder-driven development approaches. LinQ builds on experience obtained since the late 1980s on the development of concepts for information exchange and capacity building for agriculture, nature and land-use management, and experience with participatory and experiential learning for integrated crop and pest management in fragile and food deficit areas.