AgriBusiness Global Names 2026 Visionary Award Winners

Sarah Webb By Sarah Webb|1 May 2026

AgriBusiness Global is celebrating 20 leaders as the 2026 Visionary Award winners.

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This year’s winners stood out for their forward-thinking vision, ability to innovate during challenging times, and talent for inspiring progress across the global crop protection, biologicals, plant health, and ag tech sectors. The honorees were chosen by the AgriBusiness Global Advisory Board and an internal team at Meister Media Worldwide.

Over the next month, AgriBusiness Global will feature five winners each week with insights into industry trends, tips for navigating those trends, and how they’ve turned challenges into opportunities.

AgriBusiness Global honors the following 2026 Visionary Award winners.

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  1. Luis Beconi, General Manager, Chemotecnica SA
  2. Valentyna Bolokhovska, R&D Leader & Co-founder, BTU Biotech Co.
  3. Dr. José Carvalho, Head of Regulatory, EuroBiotrop
  4. Adrienne Chang, Director of International Business, Sino-Agri Leading Bioscience Co., Ltd.
  5. James Xiaoguang Duan, Ph.D., President, CAC Crop Protection; Vice President, CAC International Group
  6. Nadia Gagliardini, President, Sipcam Oxon Spa
  7. S. N. Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Group
  8. Guo Junhui, President, Hebei Bestar Industry Co., Ltd.
  9. Sandeepa Kanitkar, Founder & Managing Director, Kan Biosys Private Ltd.
  10. Dennis Lu, Vice Managing Director, Shenzhen Baocheng Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
  11. Tom Mason, Chairman, Metson World
  12. Dr. Mike Morris, Founder & Director, Andermatt PHP
  13. Vijay Mundhra, Founder & Chairman, Willowood Group
  14. Yanyong Prathuangwong, Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sotus International Co., Ltd.
  15. Dr. Antoine Puech, CEO & Chairman, Maximum Economic Yield Corp.
  16. Deepak Shah, Founder & Chairman, SML Group
  17. R. K. Shetty, Co-founder & Managing Director, Heranba Industries Ltd.
  18. Steve Sibulkin, CEO, BioLumic
  19. Yaqi Yan, CEO, Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical Co., Ltd.
  20. Zhu Xianding (David Zhu), Founder & Chairman, Iprochem Group

*Visionary Award winners are listed in alphabetical order.

Sarah Webb is the Editor of AgriBusiness Global. See all author stories here.