| Prof Dr | Elza Berta | Aguirre Vargas | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SANTA | Peru | Economía circular | Excellence in Innovation |
| Mr | Hamid | BOUBEKRAOUI | Abdelmalek Essaadi University TETOUAN/ Water And Forests Department | Morocco | Ecology/Sustainable Development/ Forests conservation | Excellence in Research |
| Mrs | María J. | Navarro-Ramos | Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) | Spain | Ecology | 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 |
| Dr | Jan Otto | Andersson | Åbo Akademi | Finland | Ecological economics, Political economy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wenchang | Liu | Shanghai ocean university | China | Ecological and sustainable aquaculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hamid | BOUBEKRAOUI | Water and Forests Department | Morocco | Ecolgy/Sustainable Development/Water and Forets conservation | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Imane | AARAB | Rabat School of Mines | Morocco | Eco-friendly reagents for efficient flotation of phosphate ores | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARMAND SYLLVIN | ETEME | University of YAOUNDE I | Cameroon | Dynamique des protéines dans les cellules biologiques | 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 | Upendra | Sainju | USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT 59270 | United States | Dryland cropping systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nicholas | Syano | University of Nairobi | Kenya | dryland agroforestry | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Muhammed | TAŞOVA | Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University | Turkey | Drying process | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Can | ERTEKİN | Akdeniz University | Turkey | Drying process | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pushpa | Lohani | G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar | India | drought stress tolerance | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Reza | Mohammadi | Dryland Agricultural Research Institute | Iran | drought stress | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Xiaohong | Chen | School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University | China | drought assessment and water allocation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Atiqur | Rahman | Aftab Bahumukhi Farm Ltd. | Bangladesh | DNA methylation in Plant | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Santiago | Ochoa-Moreno | Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | Ecuador | Diversificación | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Amilcar Isidro | Servin Niz | Universidad Nacional de Concepción - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias | Paraguay | Disminución de incidencia de malezas con realización de rotación de cultivos | Best Researcher Award |