LARKANA: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA), Larkana, has expressed serious concern over the challenges facing wheat growers in the province in the 2026-27 Rabi season. It said the expected water shortage caused by the rehabilitation and repair of Sukkur Barrage, together with soaring prices of farm inputs, had created uncertainty over wheat cultivation and put the province’s food security at risk.

In a press statement issued here on Thursday, SCA Larkana division President Syed Sirajul Oliya Rashdi said Sindh’s agriculture sector was already grappling with a severe water crisis. Reports by international organisations, he said, pointed to a decline in canal-irrigated farmland, rising soil salinity, excessive groundwater extraction and the alarming degradation of the Indus Delta.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2026