| Assist Prof Dr | Md. Taslim | Hossain | Khulna Agricultural University, Khulna | Bangladesh | Sustainable Livestock Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yin | Shen | Chongqing Medical University | China | Wheat | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anjan | Borah | Lovely Professional University | India | Food Product Development | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Raoudha | Abdellaoui | Institut des Régions Arides-Médenine | Tunisia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems/Characterization and Valorization of wild Plants for Food and Feed Uses/Arid and Desert Regions especially degraded and margenilized zones | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Francis | Ssennoga | Kyambogo University | Uganda | Food Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hao | Du | Zhejiang University | China | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Archana | Singh | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute | India | Food Security & Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sipho | Ntonta | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Soil amendments- carbon sequestration and fertilization techniques/Sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Azadeh | Karimi-Malati | Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran | Iran | Bottom-up regulation of forest pest population | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Upendra | Sainju | USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT 59270 | United States | Dryland cropping systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge | Cruz Nicolás | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico | Forestal | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Prateek | Gururani | Graphic Era University | India | Sustainable agriculture and food system | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Samuel Israel | Levy-Tacher | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur | Mexico | Manejo de áreas degradadas por helechales (Pteridium arachnoideum) | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ahmad | Manbohi | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Iran | nutrients and hydrogen sulfide in sediments | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | elena | cervelli | University of Naples Federico II | Italy | Identification and development of marginal lands | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Marzieh | Fotovvat | Kharazmi university | Iran | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Reza | Mohammadi | Dryland Agricultural Research Institute | Iran | drought stress | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Luis Esteban | Orozco | Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud - IETS | Colombia | Economic evaluation in health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shahzad | Ali | Hazara University, Mansehra | Pakistan | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jalal | Jalali Sendi | University of Guilan | Iran | Entomology | Best Researcher Award |