Announcing The Winners Of The World
BioProtection Awards 2022!
Established to celebrate achievements across the biocontrol and biological agriculture, the World BioProtection Awards this week acknowledged some of our sector’s finest innovations at a stylish gala dinner at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, UK.
An eminent group of more than 20 expert judges had previously identified a shortlist of 38 finalists from 32 different organisations. Competition throughout the judging process was intense, and made the job of choosing the final winners a very difficult task across all ten categories. We would like to congratulate all finalists, and thank everyone who nominated innovations, projects and individuals for these distinguished awards.
Winners
1- Award for the Best Bioinsecticide Product
Sponsored by AG BIO SYSTEMS
The Winner is:
Cearitis for PIRA, an autonomous device that diffuses a natural attractant to trap fruit flies outside of olive orchards.
2- Award for the Best Biofungicide Product
Sponsored by Koppert and Bionema Ltd
The Winners are :
Biotalys for Evoca, and Oro Agri for PREV-AM®
3- Award for the Best Biochemical Product
Sponsored by APIS UK
The Winner is:
STK Bio-Ag Technologies for REGEV, the first ‘hybrid’ foliar fungicide.
4- Award for the Best Biostimulant Product
Sponsored by Koppert and Bionema Ltd
The Winners are :
FMC Corporation for Accudo, a versatile microbial biostimulant, and Sri Bio for IndiRoots, a unique granular formulation of multi-microbial plant stimulants.
5- Award for the Best Biofertiliser Product
Sponsored by AEH Innovative Hydrogel
The Winner is:
Tradecorp, for Phós’UP, a new biofertliser coming to the market this year.
6- Award for the Best Innovative Research Project of the Year
Sponsored by Mathys & Squire
The Winner is:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for Aflasafe, a solution to the problem of aflatoxin contamination in agricultural produce
7- Award for the Industry Collaboration of the Year
Sponsored by Sri Bio
The Winner is:
UPL Ltd and Zespri Kiwifruit who worked together on a new product called Aureo Gold.
8- Award for the Biotech Start-up Business of The Year
Sponsored by Syngenta
The Winner is:
Botanical Solutions Inc (BSI)
9- Award for the Best Young Entrepreneur Award
Sponsored by Bionema
The Winner is:
Dr Fatma Kaplan, Founder and CEO of Pheronym.
10- Award for the Outstanding Achievement Award
Sponsored by Oro Agri
The Winner is:
Dr Willem Ravensberg, Corporate Sr Regulatory and Governmental Affairs Manager, Koppert Biological Systems.
