| Assoc Prof Dr | Mahmoud | Koushesh Saba | University of Kurdistan | Iran | Food waste and safe method to reduce losses | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SARVESH | RUSTAGI | Uttaranchal University | India | Food Texture | Excellence in Innovation |
| Assist Prof Dr | RAFEEYA | SHAMS | Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India | India | Food Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Johnny | Mugisha | Makerere University | Uganda | Food systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Priya | M G | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | India | Food Studies in Literature | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | MANASSE | ELUSMA | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Food security,Disaster risk mangement and governance, climate resilience, climate change adaptation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fuzail | Dawood | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Food security identification modelling, machine learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Blessing | Masamha | Human Sciences Research Council | South Africa | Food security and sustainable agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lise | Korsten | The University of Pretoria | South Africa | Food Security and Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ntombokulunga | Mbuma | Agricultural Research Council | South Africa | Food security and nutrition | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | Yingli | Wang | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | food security and food poverty | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Archana | Singh | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute | India | Food Security & Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Francis | Ssennoga | Kyambogo University | Uganda | Food Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Neelam | Yadav | Centre of Food Tech , University of Allahabad | India | Food Science , Chemistry and Nutrition | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Amr | Shendy | Agricultural Research Center | Egypt | Food Safety Testing | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Elsie | Salano | Egerton University, Kenya | Kenya | Food Safety and Mycotoxin Contamination | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | MA | OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV | United States | Food safety and agricultural production practice | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Gomaa | Abdel-Rahman | National Research Center | Egypt | Food safety | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Nawal | Dubey | Banaras Hindu University | India | Food safety | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amedeo | Palma | Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari | Italy | Food quality | Excellence in Research |