The Amotekun Corps in Ondo say it received at least 500 petitions on farmer-herder clashes in 2022.
The crisis took a new turn following the purported removal of the chairman and declaration of his seat vacant.
The UN agency has published its FFPI which tracks the monthly international prices of cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar.
Food prices jumped to a monthly record high in March after Russia invaded agricultural powerhouse Ukraine.
The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records on New Year’s eve and New Year’s Day, says WMO.
He said it occurred on Tuesday night when a rickety boat carried more than 100 rice farmers to Samanaji, a riverine community.
He warned political officeholders against stealing from the public coffers, especially monies appropriated to provide amenities and services to the masses.
He also advised them to be visionaries and define the particular areas of agriculture they wanted to engage in before getting into the business.
“We have about 16 million registered voters from the pastoralists community in Nigeria,” Mr Usman-Ngelzarma said.
Mr Aribo said that IFAD provided 5,000 day old chicks, 280 bags of broiler starter, 280 bags of fish feeds of various sizes and 84 bags of NPK 15:15:15 fertiliser.
