Agrow Announces Shortlist for 2011 Awards

Agrow has announced the shortlist for the 2011 Agrow Awards. This year’s event will be held on November 1st at London’s Marriott Grosvenor Square, where the most accomplished and knowledgeable people in the industry will pay tribute to their peers at the industry’s most prestigious and hotly-contested awards event.

“Over the past few months, our panel of judges has reviewed all the entries to produce a shortlist that displays the wealth of innovation, dedication and hard work that both groups and individuals in the global crop protection industry have demonstrated over the past year,” explains Sanjiv Rana, Editor-in-Chief of Agrow.

“As is evident from the shortlist, there is a broad diversity within the applications. Companies and institutions of different sizes and geographical locations are pitted against each other. Competition has been especially intense in a couple of categories, where we have shortlisted six deserving candidates,” explains Sanjiv.

The 2011 Agrow Awards features 14 categories that reward innovation and excellence in areas as diverse as product chemistry and technology, business strategy, and corporate responsibility.

The Agrow Awards celebrates industry achievements and also provides a unique opportunity to meet old colleagues and friends and make new business acquaintances,” says Sanjiv. “We join all our sponsors in wishing each and every one of these shortlisted candidates the very best. It will be an evening to remember with companies and individuals from around the globe coming along to receive awards and celebrate our industry’s successes.”

Agrow Awards attendees will enjoy a drinks reception and dinner before the announcement of the award winners in each of the 14 categories:

Agrow Awards 2011 - Shortlisted Nominations:

Best New Crop Protection Product Or Trait - Sponsored by Brandt
AgraQuest (Serenade SOIL)
DuPont Crop Protection (Aminocyclopyrachlor)
Exosect (Exosex YSBTab)
Syngenta - Vibrance

Most Innovative Chemistry - Sponsored by Indofil
Bayer CropScience (Movento)
Dow AgroSciences (Sulfoxaflor)
DuPont Crop Protection (Aminocyclopyrachlor)
Syngenta (Isopyrazam)

Best Formulation Innovation - Sponsored by Taminco
DuPont Crop Protection (2nd Generation Liquid Sulfonylureas)
Fuzion Technologies and Huntsman Petrochemical (Frenzy Veloz)
Vive Nano (Polymer Nanoparticles)

Best Industry Collaboration
AgraQuest and Monsanto
Fuzion Technologies; Huntsman Petrochemicals; Lighthouse Product Services

Best Company from an Emerging Region - Sponsored by United Phosphorus
Bioagri
Sotus International Company Limited

Best Supplier - Sponsored by Exwold
Bharat Rasayan
Sulphur Mills
Taminco

Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology - Sponsored by Widecover & Hemani Group
Arcadia Biosciences (Nitrogen Use Efficient Crops)
Dow AgroSciences (SmartStax)
Monsanto Company (Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybeans)

Best New Biopesticide - Sponsored by AgriGuard
AgraQuest (Serenade SOIL)
Bio-ferm (Botector)
Valent BioSciences Corporation (ProTone Plant Growth Regulator)

Best Innovation in Non-Crop
DuPont Professional Products (DuPont Altriset Termiticide)
Pest Business (1st Beyond Agriculture Seminar)

Best Off-patent Pesticide Strategy - Sponsored by Sulphur Mills
DuPont Crop Protection (Indoxacarb Chiral Renewal)
Fuzion Technologies (US Crop Protection Market)

Best Stewardship Programme - Sponsored by GfK Kinetic
Arysta LifeScience Corporation (Arysta LifeScience Stewardship Program in Brazil)
DriftWatch Program Steward (DriftWatch Pesticide Sensitive Crops and Habitats Registry)
DuPont Crop Protection (Environmental Respect Awards)
Taminco (US Metam Sodium Task Force)

Best Public Outreach Programme
CropLife International (Biodiversity World Tour)
Crop Life America (Tell Me More)
Fersol Industria e Comercio (Growing Our Land And Our People)
ISAAA India Biotech Information Centre - India BIC (Mandy and Fanny)
Marrone Bio Innovations (How Biopesticides Improve Production Agriculture)
Medea Group (Backpack Farm Agriculture Program)

Best Supporting Role
Bioagri
Compliance Services International
EAS Group - Eurofins Agroscience Services
Kline & Company
LSR Associates
The IR-4 Project