 Farmers in the Federal Capital Territory, under the aegis of small-scale women farmers organization, are calling for more funding for the agriculture sector in the 2022 budget year. This was contained in a communique reached after a state-level stakeholder's consultative meeting. More in this report. These farmers from the Federal Capital Territory brainstormed on ways to press home their demand for more funding for agriculture in the 2022 FCT budget. In the communique issued after more than four hours, they called for the effectiveness participation of small-holder women farmers towards making the 2022 agriculture budget more responsive towards food security. To advocating for increasing budget allocation to FCT agricultural budgets in line with the 10 per cent Malaba commitment, three, presenting the Analyze 2020-21 agricultural budget to stakeholders to show where gaps need to be filled, and lastly, generating key budget line items that target small-holder women farmers for increased productivity and poverty reduction, which can be included in the 2022 agriculture budget. They also came up with some recommendations which include promoting gender mainstreaming in budgeting allocation, as well as to ensure timely passage of the 2022 budget, as well as strictly adhere to the January to December budget cycle. It is imperative for FCT to determine the number of farmers in FCT and disaggregate such statistics along gender and scale of operation line as part of necessary steps towards proper planning. Representative of Action Aid explained the importance of the meeting as it concerns the less privileged in the society and why it is partnering in noble cause like this. As FCT is preparing the budget for the 2022, we are supporting the farmers and under NGOs to engage with the budget process for the agricultural sector for 2022. So this consultative meeting is for them to be able to present an analysis of what was in the 2021 agricultural budget and the gaps identified and to also push for things, the field that should be captured in the 2022 agricultural budget. They called on the media to be partners in this advocacy as a way of encouraging participation in the sector as well as remind the government on the importance of agriculture.