Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced country’s first university exclusively focussing on organic farming. The main objective is to help farmers in switching to unconventional methods of farming.
•    A fund of Rs 10 crore has been earmarked towards the university in the annual 2016-17 budget, presented recently.
•    The place may be chosen near to agriculture Kamdhenu University in Gandhinagar district.
•    For promoting organic farming, state government has taken steps like setting up of a cell to implement its new organic farming policy.
•    Organic food is food that has been grown or processed without synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers, irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.
•    The organic food movement began in the 1940s in response to the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution marked a significant increase in food production due to the introduction of high-yield varieties, the use of pesticides, and better management techniques.
•    When farmers spray pesticides, this can leave residue on produce. Organic farmers use insect traps, careful crop selection (disease-resistant varieties), predator insects or beneficial microorganisms instead to control crop-damaging pests.
•    Currently, 800 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Around 16 million will die from it. 
•    If conventional farming were replaced by organic farming, the number of people suffering would explode to 1.3 billion, assuming farmers use the same amount of land they are using now.