The International Center for Agro-Informatics and Sustainable Development (ICASD)
is founded in cooperation between the China Agricultural University, Beijing (China) and the University of Cologne (Germany).
The overall mission of ICASD is to promote
the application of information science and technology in agriculture, resource management, and environmental sciences,
the sustainable development of intensive agriculture with regard to high yield, high quality, and an environmentally safe and efficient management of natural resources.
The major goal of ICASD is
to develop into an important open, international, and multidisciplinary innovation platform for agro-informatics and sustainable development research, as well as international cooperation,
to build up an important research base for modern agriculture within the next 5-10 years,
and to provide theory and technology support for the training of internationalized interdisciplinary excellent talents, who will contribute to the development of modern agriculture.
