| Mr | Nixon | Nduji | Centre for Environmental Management and Control (CEMAC), University of Nigeria (UNN), PO Box 410001, Enugu, Nigeria | Nigeria | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Abdulrazaq K. | Daudu | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Rural Youth Empowerment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Paterne | Agre | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | Nigeria | Molecular breeding and bioinformatics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dunsin | Bolaji | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) | Nigeria | Fisheries/Species Diversity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kesyton | Ozegin | Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma Nigeria | Nigeria | Sustainable groundwater exploration | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Victor | Enujiugha | Federal University of Technology, Akure | Nigeria | Biotechnological inputs into sustainable agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Adeola | Adejori | The Federal University of Technology Akure | Nigeria | Agricultural Extension and Communication | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Taofik | Babatunde | Umaru Musa Yaradua University | Nigeria | Fish biology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fisayo | Fagbemi | Economic Policy Analysis Centre (EPAC), Ibadan, Nigeria | Nigeria | Climate change and agricultural economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Akeem | Raji | Kwara State University, Nigeria | Nigeria | Food Processing Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amina | Yusuf | Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University | Nigeria | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| 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 |
| Prof | David | Ogunniyi | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Agricultural products as industrial raw material | Most Cited Paper Award |
| Prof | Johnson | Fasinmirin | Federal University of Technology, Akure | Nigeria | Soil Science, Crop and Environmental Sustainabilioty | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Adeyinka | Adewumi | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | Nigeria | Plant Breeding and Genetics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mosunmola Lydia | Adeleke | The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria | Nigeria | Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shimbahri Mesfin | Gebreslase | Mekelle University | Norway | Siol fertility management researcher | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | AHMED | AL MAYAHI | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | Arid zone countries | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Ahmed | Al Mayahi | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | Arid Countries | Best Paper Award |