New Delhi, Sept 19: Union Agriculture Ministry on Thursday came out with a nine-point programme for raising wheat production during the 2003-04 Rabi season. The ministry has requested the states to make concerted efforts for increasing the wheat production during the current Rabi season, an official release said. Wheat is the main crop of the Rabi season in the country and also an important cereal crop next to rice. The nine-point programme put stress on adequate supply of good quality seeds, timely sowing and popularising the durum wheat varieties. Bureau Report