| Dr | Upendra | Sainju | USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT 59270 | United States | Dryland cropping systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARMAND SYLLVIN | ETEME | University of YAOUNDE I | Cameroon | Dynamique de la cellule MARCKS dans les membranes cellulaires | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARMAND SYLLVIN | ETEME | University of YAOUNDE I | Cameroon | Dynamique des protéines dans les cellules biologiques | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Imane | AARAB | Rabat School of Mines | Morocco | Eco-friendly reagents for efficient flotation of phosphate ores | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hamid | BOUBEKRAOUI | Water and Forests Department | Morocco | Ecolgy/Sustainable Development/Water and Forets conservation | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Wenchang | Liu | Shanghai ocean university | China | Ecological and sustainable aquaculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jan Otto | Andersson | Åbo Akademi | Finland | Ecological economics, Political economy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sonia | DHAOUADI | Higher Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies University of Carthage | Tunisia | Ecologie - Pollution environnementale - Impact sur les écosystèmes forestier | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | María J. | Navarro-Ramos | Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) | Spain | Ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hamid | BOUBEKRAOUI | Abdelmalek Essaadi University TETOUAN/ Water And Forests Department | Morocco | Ecology/Sustainable Development/ Forests conservation | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Elza Berta | Aguirre Vargas | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SANTA | Peru | Economía circular | Excellence in Innovation |
| Mr | Luis Esteban | Orozco | Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud - IETS | Colombia | Economic evaluation in health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Takele | Nikus | Takele Abdisa Nikus | Ethiopia | Economics of Productivity and Gender dynamics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mokhles | Kouas | ENGIE | France | Economie circulaire, digestion anaérobie, biométhane | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammed | DADACH | University of Bejaia | Algeria | Ecophysiologie | SustainableAg Leadership Award |
| Dr | JOSE MANUEL | FERNANDEZ BABARRO | IIM-CSIC | Spain | ecophysiology of bivalve molluscs | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hari | Pandey | University of Southern Queensland | Australia | Ecosystem dynamics | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ethel | Phiri | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Ecosystem services | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | James Bill | Ouda | Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) | Kenya | Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Getahun | Haile | Dilla University | Ethiopia | effects of land use and slope categroy on soil fertlity and crop yield | Best Researcher Award |