| Mr | Oekan S | Abdoellah | Faculty of Social and Political Sciences-Universitas Padjadjaran | Indonesia | Rural-Urban linkage; Traditional agroforestry; Urban Agriculture; Human Ecology; Political Ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muhammad Imtiaz | Hussain | Kangwon National University | South Korea | Energy Self-sufficient Agricultural Facilities | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amare | Tesfaw | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Sustainability, social sciences, sustainable development | Best Faculty Award |
| Dr | Deying | Wang | Bangor University | United Kingdom | Soil science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ali | Golizadeh | University of Mohaghegh Ardabili | Iran | Agricultural Pest Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yashwant | Bisht | Uttaranchal University | India | sustainable ethanol blinding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Celestine Neba | Suh | Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Botswana | Land Use Planning | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Ismail | Adeleke | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | IoT and Machine Learning in Water quality monitoring process | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xiaolin | Yang | China Agricultural University | China | water management for cropping system | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nixon | Nduji | Centre for Environmental Management and Control (CEMAC), University of Nigeria (UNN), PO Box 410001, Enugu, Nigeria | Nigeria | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kamoru | Ibrahim | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Sustainable agricultural residual for Construction works | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Hafsa | Aeman | Wuhan University/International Water Management Institute | Pakistan | Remote Sensing, Spatial Data handling | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Meignanalakshmi Sundaram | | Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University | India | Waste management and green energy production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mauricio | Aguilar-Garavito | Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt | Colombia | Restoration Ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Clovis Awah | Che | GHENT UNIVERSITY, Korea Campus | South Korea | Marine Microalgae and Bioprocessing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Rui | Bessa | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon | Portugal | Animal Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Haitham | Elleuch | Faculté des sciences de Tunis | Tunisia | Chimie organique | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Carlos Ernesto | Flores Tapia | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Ecuador | Policy guidelines for territorial competitiveness and productivity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zeinab | Fathy | Agricultural Research Center | Egypt | Biological control of agricultural pests | Best Faculty Award |
| Mr | Abdulrazaq K. | Daudu | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Rural Youth Empowerment | Best Researcher Award |