Portfolio of recent work
Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation
cd4ais.ifpri.info
Interactive online guidebook brings together tools and resources to help practitioners
design and implement capacity development activities with an innovation systems approach in
mind.
IFPRI Research Data Management
rdm.ifpri.info
This website aims to assist researchers in managing their data by bringing together
the latest and most relevant resources—including guidelines, policies, training materials,
events, and news—in one place.
Varietal Release and Adoption Data for South, Southeast, and East Asia
www.asti.cgiar.org/siac
The SIAC core database and charts collected through funding from the Standing Panel on
Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) to
Michigan State University. The database includes varietal release and adoption estimates for
eleven CGIAR mandated crops across 15 countries: 134 crop-country-combinations (CCCs) in the
South, Southeast, and East Asia region. This website displays the data visually.
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) 2019 - 2020
www.asti.cgiar.org
The ASTI Network bridges the data-to-impact gap by providing data, analyses, and
outreach to inform policy and investment decisions in agricultural research. In 2019 -and
2020 the website design was updated and the website Content Management System was upgraded.
Rua Design also maintains ASTI's Data Management Portal and database.
Compact 2025 Resources Hub
www.compact2025.org/resources/searches
Compact2025 is an initiative for ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025. A key
component of the initiative is creating a Knowledge and Innovation (K&I) Hub to provide
policymakers and practitioners with pragmatic, evidence-based guidance on scaling up success
stories to end hunger and undernutrition. Rua Design worked with the Compact2025 to create
the resources hub, creating a page of resources with highlighted items, browse and search.
Technically, the HUB works with an API to display the records from a document repository on
the page and uses Javascript for categorizing, sorting, search and filtering. The page makes
use of a custom Wordpress Plugin developed by Rua Design.
LiD Architecture - 2020
www.lid-architecture.net
LiD Architecture, are a company that have won many awards over the past decade. The
website showcases their work in a visually compelling manner with full-screen slideshows
showcasing their work.
NDC Partnership Knowledge Management System
NDC Partnership is an international organization asisting countries with the tools
they need to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (or NDCs) in order to
combat climate change. Rua Desing, Euforic Services, Susanna Pecora (susannapecora.co.uk),
and N. Beintema, formed a team to improve the usability and functionality of NDC
Partnership's Knowledge Management System. Components included overall organization of the
information, data export, data searching, and data visualisation including a data dashboard.
Viridian Seeds
viridianseeds.com
Viridian Seeds mission is to create super-legumes to provide sustainable source of
healthy, nutritious plant proteins that are non-GMO and consumer friendly. Rua Design
created the website for the company.