| Mr | Hamid | BOUBEKRAOUI | Water and Forests Department | Morocco | Ecolgy/Sustainable Development/Water and Forets conservation | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | James | Mbaziira | Makerere University | Uganda | Agropastoral innovations | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dubán Ovidio | González Álvarez | Unilasallista Corporación Universitaria / Universidad de Antioquia | Colombia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mourad | Latati | Higher National School of Agronomy ENSA-ALGIERS | Algeria | Crop modelling | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Bedane | Gudeta | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | Ethiopia | crop research | Best 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 | AUGUSTINE PROSPER | OSEI-GYABAAH | UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES | Ghana | NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, MAJORED IN LAND RECLAMATION | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tinku Casper | D'Silva | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India | Renewable energy and sustainable agriculture | Best Scholar Award |
| Mr | Andualem | Aklilu | Space Science and Geospatial Institute | Ethiopia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System. | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Muyisa | Musongora | Université Catholique du Graben | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Soil health and soil quality | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Tolesa | Tesema | Wollega university | Ethiopia | Agricultural economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Animut Mekuriaw | Andualem | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bacha | Gebissa | Wollega University | Ethiopia | Agricultural Economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kannan | M | SRM IST ncr campus | India | hydroponic | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kassa Tarekegn | Erekalo | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Climate Smart Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kamil | Khalaf | University of Arizona | United States | Biosystem Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nicholas | Syano | University of Nairobi | Kenya | dryland agroforestry | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Haile | Duguma | Michigan State University | United States | Biodegradable food packaging / Active packaging | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Mohamed | KRAIMAT | Université de Ghardaia | Algeria | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | ASHOKKUMAR | A | VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, VELLORE | India | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. | Best Researcher Award |