The project consists of 6 work packages (WP), which are closely interlinked via an effective coordination (WP 1, Lead ZÖLUH, Dr. Sabine Zikeli). In a first step, accessions are identified and selected (WP 2, Lead IPK, Lead Dr. Ulrike Lohwasser), which are tested in model cultivation systems for their agronomic properties and their suitability for cultivation in mixed cropping systems (grass pea) and weed suppression (chickpea) (WP 3, Lead ZÖLUH, Dr. Sabine Zikeli). In WP 4 (Lead UHO, Lead Prof. Dr. Christian Zörb), nutritional properties, e.g., the levels of anti-nutritional components of the selected genetic resources are examined, while in WP 5 (Lead ZALF, Dr. Moritz Reckling) the yield stability of the best selections under drought and heat stress and their nitrogen fixation capacity are recorded. In a participatory approach, WP 6 (Lead ZÖLUH, Dr. Sabine Zikeli) brings together the findings of WP 2 to 5, defines selection criteria together with farmers and breeding companies and tests the best genotypes in on-farm trials.