The shortlist for the Agrow Awards has been announced on 24th July 2009. The companies and individuals who won the nomination are listed below. Apart from some leading agrochemical multinationals, such as DuPont Crop Protection and Dow AgroSciences, it is worth mentioning that five Chinese companies were shortlisted for the Agrow Awards. They were Red Sun Group Corporation, Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co, Nutrichem Company Limited, Shenyang Sciencreat Chemicals and Hebei Veyong Bio-Chemical Co Ltd, respectively, among which, the Red Sun Group Corporation garnered two nominations, the Best Company from an Emerging Region – Asia & ROW and the Best Supplier.
Agrow Awards was established by Agrow in 2007, aiming at encouraging the companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of agrochemical industry. The winners of Agrow Awards 2009 will be announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 11th November 2009 at the Renaissance Chancery Court, London.
Categories & Nominations
Best Formulations Innovation
Argentina de Semillas S.A.
Arysta LifeScience
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont Crop Protection
IOTA NanoSolutions Ltd
Best Innovation in Non-Crop
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont Professional Products
Exosect
Valent BioSciences Corporation
YPIL Pest Elimination
Best R&D Pipeline
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition
Marrone Bio Innovations
Monsanto Company
Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology
Dow AgroSciences (DHT)
Dow AgroSciences (Exact)
Monsanto Company
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a DuPont Business
Best New Crop Protection Product
Arysta LifeScience
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont Crop Protection
Koppert Biological Systems
Best Stewardship Programme
Arysta LifeScience
CropLife Foundation
Dow AgroSciences
National Institute for Empty Container Processing – INPEV
Syngenta
Best Company from an Emerging Region – Asia & ROW
Agrimatco
Makhteshim-Agan Industries
Nutrichem Company Limited
Red Sun Group Corporation
Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co
Best Supporting Role
African Farming Project (NGO)
CropLife America
Huntingdon
Pinstone Communications Ltd
Springborn Smithers
Best Supplier
Hikal
Life Scientific
Nutrichem Company Limited
Red Sun Group Corporation
Saltigo
Best Public Outreach Programme
African Farming Project (NGO)
CropLife America
CropLifeCanada
CropLife Foundation
Otsuka Chemical Holdings Company Ltd
Best Off-Patent Pesticide Strategy
DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition
Hebei Veyong Bio-Chemical Co Ltd
Most Innovative Chemistry
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont Crop Protection
Shenyang Sciencreat Chemicals
Best Manager with Strategic Vision
Arysta LifeScience (Chris Richards)
Dow AgroSciences (Ev Germon)
Marrone Bio Innovations (Pamela Marrone)
United Phosphorus Limited (Jai Shroff)