| Prof | Yingli | Wang | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | food security and food poverty | 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 |
| Dr | Blessing | Masamha | Human Sciences Research Council | South Africa | Food security and sustainable agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fuzail | Dawood | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Food security identification modelling, machine learning | 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 |
| Dr | Priya | M G | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | India | Food Studies in Literature | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Johnny | Mugisha | Makerere University | Uganda | Food systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | RAFEEYA | SHAMS | Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India | India | Food Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SARVESH | RUSTAGI | Uttaranchal University | India | Food Texture | Excellence in Innovation |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mahmoud | Koushesh Saba | University of Kurdistan | Iran | Food waste and safe method to reduce losses | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Naparat | Suttidate | Walailak University | Thailand | Forest ecology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lawrence | Damnyag | CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana | Ghana | Forest Economics and Policy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge | Cruz Nicolás | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico | Forestal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SHIVANI | DOBHAL | COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY | India | Forestry | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 |
| Prof | Franco | Lajolo | usp | Brazil | frutos pos colheita | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Jingang | Yao | Shandong University of Technology | China | Fuel Processing Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jin Boo | Jeong | Andong National University | South Korea | Functional Food Agents | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Snehal | Jadhav | Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil nadu | India | Functional food and Neutraceuticals | Best Researcher Award |