In SACA Project, Murdoch University (MU), Australia, serves as the lead institution and is responsible for the overall coordination, scientific leadership, and project management. MU brings over 35 years of experience in agricultural research for development, including 17 years in Bangladesh. The university's key responsibilities include:
Leading the design and implementation of research activities.
Supervising PhD and MS students in collaboration with Bangladeshi institutions.
Providing technical expertise in soil science, conservation agriculture (CA), and gender-inclusive research.
Supporting APSIM modelling and long-term experiment (LTE) analysis.
Facilitating international knowledge exchange and publication of research findings.