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)