The School of Organic Farming, with faculty from disciplines of Agronomy, Soil Science, Fruit Science, Vegetable Science, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Biochemistry, was established in May, 2017 with the mandate of carrying out multi-disciplinary research, training and extension for development and dissemination of scientific knowledge on organic agriculture; to develop and disseminate integrated crop management (ICM) strategies for production of safe food and improvement of natural resources; to empower human resources for promotion of organic and integrated crop management practices in the state so as to minimize the use of agro-chemicals; to strengthen the practical teaching work on organic and integrated agricultural practices and technologies; to develop and demonstrate production technology for medicinal and aromatic crops; to develop remunerative and resource conserving cropping systems, and to develop region specific integrated farming system models for small and marginal farmers for improving their livelihood security. The School has a well established one hectare Integrated Farming System model farm having components of field crops, dairy, horticulture, fishery and agro-forestry; one herbal garden having 100 species of medicinal and aromatic plants, and one vermicompost unit for vermicomposting and vermiculture.