The overall goal of the “LinSel” project is to provide farmers with lentil genotypes that are well adapted to Central European growing conditions. This should increase yields, yield security and quality, and as a result expand the range of lentil cultivation. As part of the project, genotypes are identified, selected and further developed and tested in order to achieve an optimal fit for cultivation systems in Germany, thereby establishing lentils as a “new” old legume crop. Cultivation of lentils is also sought beyond the traditional range. The results of the project can expand the product portfolio of breeders, farmers and consumers with a leguminous cash crop ideally suited for resource-conserving mixed cultivation and in organic farming. Project coordination lies with the Center for Organic Agriculture at the University of Hohenheim. Project partners are the Institute for Crop Science at the University of Hohenheim, focusing on general crop production and quality of crop production, the Genbank Department of the Leibniz Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, the Keyserlink Institute, and the Department of Section of Organic Plant Breeding and Agrobiodiversity of the University of Kassel.