Knives are out for youthful Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Dr Edwin Dikoloti whom the unhappy local farmers accuse of neglecting them as stakeholders. Also, Dikoloti’s colleague MPs cum farmers within Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and from areas synonymous with pastoral farming swear to pile pressure on the minister and his deputy Beauty Manake, to wake up from a holiday they seem to be enjoying to talk to farmers' concerns. The farmers who are now emerging limping from the heat of COVID-19 are not pleased with the leadership of Dr Dikoloti noting that the minister must come from a hiding rock and face farmers. Due to concerns over deteriorating agriculture sector, farmers could not spare their frustrations over the slow manner in which the ministry is reacting amidst COVID-19 devastation. The most affected are both large and small scale commercial farmers that depend on selling their produce both locally and regionally, whose profits are compromised by the burden of paying tax despite low returns. Farmers demand that Dr Dikoloti- a Veterinary Surgeon by profession, whom they pinned their hope on as the right man for the job when appointed to cabinet, demand that he rises to the occasion…