Integrated crop management

Integrated Crop Management (ICM) is a sustainable agricultural production system that improves overall crop health with minimal impact on the environment. It optimizes yield and profitability, and takes into consideration pest management, soil care, seed selection, crop nutrition, water management, rural economics, landscape management and agricultural policy. 

The objectives are: provide knowledge in the field of sustainable agriculture, promote the adoption of sound crop management principles, in particular in developing countries and address global challenges related to agriculture such as food security, resource management and environmental change.

Admission to one of the CAS ICM programmes:

• Persons holding a Bachelor’s degree from a Swiss higher education institution in Natural sciences or in agronomy or any degree judged equivalent;
• Persons with adequate professional training and at least three years of professional experience.

Admission to the DAS ICM:

• All holders of the three CAS ICM are eligible for the DAS, providing that the first CAS was obtained within five years before admission to the DAS.

For more information on admission requirements, please visit the institution’s website.

CAS: CHF 3'950.- per CAS
DAS: CHF 2'000.-

For more information on costs, visit the institution’s website.

The University of Neuchâtel, in collaboration with the international not-for-profit organization CABI, offers three fully online CAS in ICM and which can be combined into a DAS upon completion of an additional technical report:

• CAS 1: ICM – Sustainable Production Practices
• CAS 2: ICM – Aspects of Implementation
• CAS 3: ICM – Biological Control and Ecosystem Services

3 CAS + 1 technical report = DAS