| Mr | Bedane | Gudeta | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | Ethiopia | crop research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Alganesh | Gemechu | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | Ethiopia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zenebe | Mekonnen | Ethiopian Forestry Development (EFD) | Ethiopia | Agroecology and Ecosystem services | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaofei | MA | ESSCA School of Management | France | Green Subsidies | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Neda | Sharifi | Esfahan university | Iran | Cervical cancer | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Fatih Doğan | KOCA | Erciyes University | Turkey | Remediation/catalyst | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Thierry | BENVEGNU | ENSCR, Université de Rennes | France | Valorisation à haute valeur ajoutée de fruits de palmiers | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Mokhles | Kouas | ENGIE | France | Economie circulaire, digestion anaérobie, biométhane | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | FATIHA | AIT EL HAJ | EMI | Morocco | morocco | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jose | Nahed Toral | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur | Mexico | Seguridad alimentaria y ganadería | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Samuel Israel | Levy-Tacher | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur | Mexico | Manejo de áreas degradadas por helechales (Pteridium arachnoideum) | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Elsie | Salano | Egerton University, Kenya | Kenya | Food Safety and Mycotoxin Contamination | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Munir | OZTURK | Ege University | Turkey | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dina | Yaseen | Education | Iraq | Water and wastewater management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nicolas | BOUSQUET | EDF R&D | France | Sciences halieutiques | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Fisayo | Fagbemi | Economic Policy Analysis Centre (EPAC), Ibadan, Nigeria | Nigeria | Climate change and agricultural economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Hao | East china Jiaotong University | China | Research on nondestructive detection and online sorting of food quality | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SHIBORAM | BANERJEE | Durgapur Government College | India | CONSERVATION BIOLOGY | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ashika | Naicker | Durban Unversity of Technology | South Africa | Public Health Nutrition and the food environment | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Reza | Mohammadi | Dryland Agricultural Research Institute | Iran | drought stress | Best Researcher Award |