our mission
Enko discovers and develops novel products for farmers to protect their crops from pests and disease. Our proprietary technology platform represents a revolutionary approach to rapidly discover safe and economical solutions that are needed to ensure sustainable food production. Led by a team of proven scientists, entrepreneurs, and ag-industry veterans, Enko’s innovative science, agile design, and discovery of new modes of action is producing next-generation crop protection solutions that will overcome the critical challenges facing industry.
a platform approach to discovering novel products while driving down r&d costs
Integrating early safety assessment and targeted screening for product characteristics to avoid wasting resources on bad chemistry
Farmers need safe, effective solutions to replace off-patent active ingredients and older chemistries
Focusing on novel modes of action and novel chemical spaces ensures highly differentiated product profiles breaking resistance and improving safety profiles
As weed resistence grows and products lose efficacy, there is an urgent need for better solutions
Expanding chemical search space, while generating leads in a fraction of the time & cost of conventional approaches
The most prevalent insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides are those with antiquated modes of action launched decades ago
A platform approach that is broadly applicable across the current &emerging needs of the farmer
Crop protection is vital to sustainable agricultural yields critical for feeding the global population
Woburn, Mass. – November 17, 2020 — Ag companies accelerate crop protection discoveries with a new technology... Continue reading →
Woburn, MA - September 10, 2020 - Enko Chem Inc. (Enko) today was honored as the "AgTech Company of the Year" in the inaugural ... Continue reading →
Woburn, Mass. – June 26, 2020 — Aiming to kick-start the crop protection industry’s stalled R&D pipelines to develop n... Continue reading →