| Dr | Shimbahri Mesfin | Gebreslase | Mekelle University | Ethiopia | soil fertility management and food systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KOME | GEORGES KOGGE | Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang | Cameroon | Soil Fertility Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Gebreyesus Brhane | Tesfahunegn | Aksum University | Ethiopia | Soil fertility and water management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Adele | Muscolo | Mediterranea University Agriculture Department | Italy | soil fertility and crop quality | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Victor | Ivanov | MSU | Russia | Soil erosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Naima | Bouhsane | Faculty of sciences Rabat | Morocco | soil erosion | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shengqiang | Wang | Guangxi University | China | Soil ecological restoration and reconstruction | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tizita Endale | Elcho | University | Ethiopia | soil drgradation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jianguo | Zhang | Northwest A&F University | China | Soil Degradation and Remediation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Abdessalam | OUALLALI | Hassan II University of Casablanca | Morocco | Soil degradatioj and land management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Glacy | da Silva | Paranaense University | Brazil | Soil biology | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Oscar Pascal | MALOU | IFP Energies Nouvelles | France | Soil biogeochemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sipho | Ntonta | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Soil amendments- carbon sequestration and fertilization techniques/Sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Awni | Alotoom | university of Doha for science and Technology | Qatar | Smart Greenhouse in the middle east | Best Innovation Award |
| Prof | Tarek | Frikha | National Engineering School of Sfax | Tunisia | Smart Greenhouse and supply chain | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muthulakshmi | P | SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | India | Smart Agriculture Technology | AgriInnovator in Academia Award |
| Mr | Gom | Dorji | College of Science and Technology | Bhutan | Smart agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Opportuna | Kweka | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | smallholders adaptation and resilience | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Joseph | Hella | Sokoine University of Agriculture | Tanzania | Small farmers in semi-arid climate | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Alberto | Sanfeliu | Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya | Spain | Sistema robotizado de deteccion y localizacion de racimos de uva | Excellence in Research |