| Dr | Li | MA | OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV | United States | Food safety and agricultural production practice | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ammara | Talib | Harvard University | United States | Machine learning, water management, statistical and process-based modeling | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Reza | Ovissipour | Texas A&M | United States | Cellular Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dev | Shrestha | University of Idaho | United States | Modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kuber | Shivashakarappa | Tennessee State University | United States | Crop improvement | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Michael | Madin | Kansas State University | United States | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhiying | Lu | University of Alabama at Birmingham | United States | Marine algae commericalization | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Serge Mandiefe | Piabuo | Wageningen University and Research | United States | Community Forest Enterprises | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Janet | Sturgeon | Simon Fraser University | United States | ethnic minority land access and land use | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ming | Sun | Stony Brook University | United States | Fisheries management | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Richard | Terry | Brigham Young University | United States | Sustainable Crop Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shams Rahman | Rahmani | Purdue University | United States | Soil Pedology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Achyut | Paudel | Washington State University | United States | Precision Agriculture and Agriculture Automation | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohsen | Pourfallah | Tennessee Tech University | United States | Solar food dryer | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Akinbode | Adedeji | University of Kentucky | United States | Nondestructive testing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jiaguo | Qi | Michigan State University | United States | Land use management and sustainability challenges | SustainableAg Leadership Award |
| Dr | Gandura | Abagandura | University of Nebraska Lincoln | United States | Soil health | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Upendra | Sainju | USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT 59270 | United States | Dryland cropping systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Deying | Wang | Bangor University | United Kingdom | Soil science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Rob | Marchant | University of York | United Kingdom | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |