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Elicit Plant recognized at the AgTech Breakthrough Awards 2025

A new international recognition for Elicit Plant. At the AgTech Breakthrough Awards 2025, we were named “Sustainable Crop Resilience Company of the Year”, an award highlighting our contribution to more sustainable agriculture across three continents.

We are honored to have been awarded “Sustainable Crop Resilience Company of the Year” at the 2025 AgTech Breakthrough Awards. This international distinction shines a light on our unique innovation: phytosterol-based biosolutions that strengthen the resilience of broad acre crops against climate extremes.

Recognition of our EliTerra® technology

With our EliTerra® technology platform, we have opened a new path in agriculture: the foliar application of phytosterols to strengthen plants’ natural resistance before stress occurs. This preventive approach optimizes water use, reduces water requirements by up to 20%, and secures yields during periods of water stress. Validated by more than 1,000 field trials across three continents, our technology has already demonstrated average yield gains of +10%.

A strong message for the future

As our CEO, Jean-François Déchant, emphasizes:

Jean-François Déchant, CEO and Co-Founder of Elicit Plant

“What sets us apart is the combination of scientific rigor, the scalability of our solutions, and their successful adoption worldwide on broad acre crops. We thank AgTech Breakthrough for this award, which reinforces our mission: to provide farmers with sustainable, reliable, and innovative solutions that meet both today’s and tomorrow’s needs.”

For his part, Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director at AgTech Breakthrough, highlighted the impact of our innovation and why we received this award:

Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director at AgTech

“The EliTerra® technology helps farmers adapt to climate uncertainty while improving resource efficiency and preserving productivity. This uncertainty significantly impacts farmers by disrupting traditional planting and harvesting schedules. While mitigating these risks is a top priority for producers, the market is dominated by reactive or heavily chemistry-driven approaches. Elicit Plant brings a preventive innovation, rooted in plant physiology, that redefines the standards of sustainable agriculture. By moving agriculture from reactive stress management to proactive resilience building, Elicit Plant sets a new benchmark in sustainable farming—helping farmers produce more with less water, regardless of conditions or location.”

A global impact already underway

Today, our solutions are used on more than two million acres of crops across Europe, North America, and South America. Their ease of application and proven effectiveness under real conditions make them a concrete lever for building more resilient and sustainable agriculture.

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About the AgTech Breakthrough Awards

AgTech Breakthrough is a U.S.-based market intelligence organization.
The mission of the AgTech Breakthrough Awards is to provide a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of agricultural and food technology innovators advancing the industry.

Each year, the Awards recognize the most innovative companies, technologies, and products worldwide. This program reviews thousands of entries to highlight the solutions transforming the sector and enabling more efficient, sustainable, and resilient agriculture.