| Mr | John | Ashi | Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. | Nigeria | Precision weed management | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | John | Ashi | Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. | Nigeria | Precision weed mapping/management. | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | John | Benavides | 80065529 | Colombia | Salud y ruralidad | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Johnny | Mugisha | Makerere University | Uganda | Food systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Johnson | Fasinmirin | Federal University of Technology, Akure | Nigeria | Soil Science, Crop and Environmental Sustainabilioty | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge | Aguilar Avila | Universidad Autónoma Chapingo | Mexico | Análisis de procesos de innovación en cadenas alimentarias | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge | Cruz Nicolás | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico | Forestal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge Carlos | Ruiz Ruiz | Universidad Anáhuac Mayab | Mexico | Propiedades bioactivas de alimentos | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jose | Nahed Toral | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur | Mexico | Seguridad alimentaria y ganadería | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof Dr | Jose | Goldemberg | University of SAO Paulo | Brazil | Renewable Energy/Bloenergy | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof Dr | José A. | Orosa | University of A Coruña | Spain | Sustainability | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jose Manuel | Febles Gonzalez | Universidad de La Habana | Cuba | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | JOSE MANUEL | FERNANDEZ BABARRO | IIM-CSIC | Spain | ecophysiology of bivalve molluscs | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jose Manuel | Febles Gonzalez | Universidad de La Habana | Cuba | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Joseph | Adheka | University of Kisangani | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Seed system production | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Joseph | Hella | Sokoine University of Agriculture | Tanzania | Small farmers in semi-arid climate | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | JOSEPH | KALONGA | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Soil health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Juan Manuel | Torres-Rojo | Universidad Iberoamericana | Mexico | Operación de Programas de apoyo a la agricultura | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Julian Alberto | Sabattini | National University of Entre Rios, National Scientific and Technical Research Council | Argentina | Research in applied behavioral biology | Best Innovation Award |
| Mr | JULIO CONSTANTINO | JERI MOLINA | Universidade Federal de Sergipe | Brazil | Production animal/Reproductio/conservation of spermatozoa | Best Researcher Award |