| Dr | Vonimihaingo | Ramaroson | FOFIFA (Centre National de Recherche appliquée au développement rural) | Madagascar | Formulation alimentaire, qualité des aliments, lutte contre la malnutrition | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Toshisuke | Maruyama | Ishikawa prefectual University | Japan | Irrigation and Drainage | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pedro | Brito | IPMA, I.P. | Portugal | Poluição Ambiental | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Blessing | Masamha | Human Sciences Research Council | South Africa | Food security and sustainable agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Luther Fort | MBO NKOULOU | Institute of Agricultural Research for Development | Cameroon | Genetics and Plant Breeding | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Michael | Martin | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | United States | Southeast Asia Marine Pollution | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Cristina | Martínez Villaluenga | ICTAN-CSIC | Spain | Alimentos funcionales | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abayneh | Esayas Atengo | JAGOLA DEVELOPMENT | Ethiopia | Soil Genesis and Classification | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdelkader | Ammam | University of saida | Algeria | Médicinal plants | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Ansel | Klein | University of California - Berkeley | United States | Farmer knowledge of soil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zurahanim Fasha | Anual | Institute for Medical Research | Malaysia | Metal contamination | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | MD ANOWAR | HOSSAIN | University of Rajshahi | Bangladesh | Plant Biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge | Aguilar Avila | Universidad Autónoma Chapingo | Mexico | Análisis de procesos de innovación en cadenas alimentarias | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cristina | Bilbao Sainz | US Department of Agriculture | United States | Isochoric Freezing Preservation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suha | Elsoragaby | University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan | Sudan | Energy inputs in crop production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Moses | Segbenya | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Quarrying and production | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Kesyton | Ozegin | Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma Nigeria | Nigeria | Sustainable groundwater exploration | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wu | Xiong | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Soil protists-microbiome interaction and plant health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amedeo | Palma | Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari | Italy | Food quality | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ivan | Milovanović | Innovation centre of the Faculty of the Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade | Serbia | Mycology | Best Researcher Award |