| Assoc Prof Dr | Maha | Elbana | Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University | Egypt | Soil Physics and Water Relationships | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Carlos Ernesto | Flores Tapia | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Ecuador | Policy guidelines for territorial competitiveness and productivity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Byron | Lapo Calderón | Universidad Técnica de Machala | Ecuador | valorización de residuos agrícolas | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Santiago | Ochoa-Moreno | Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | Ecuador | Diversificación | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | David | Romero-Estévez | Potificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador | Ecuador | Natural food contamination | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kassa Tarekegn | Erekalo | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Climate Smart Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Komal | Choudhary | Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark. | Denmark | Agriculture monitoring through remote sensing data | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Vladimír | Kočí | University of Chemistry and Technology Prague | Czech Republic | Soil protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yves Theoneste | Murindangabo | University of South Bohemia | Czech Republic | Prominent use of lactic acid bacteria in soil-plant systems | Best Scholar Award |
| Prof | Stano | Pekar | Masaryk University | Czech Republic | Biological control | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | serdar | oktay | Near East University Tourism Faculty | Cyprus | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jose Manuel | Febles Gonzalez | Universidad de La Habana | Cuba | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yurelkys | Fernández | Universidad de Guantánamo, Cuba, Ministerio de Educación Superior | Cuba | ingeniería biológica y producción sostenible de cultivos perennes | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Jose Manuel | Febles Gonzalez | Universidad de La Habana | Cuba | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Abdulai | Jalloh | AfricaRice | Côte d'Ivoire | Crop Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yéfoungnigui Souleymane | YEO | African Center of Excellence in Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD) | Côte d'Ivoire | biocontrol/pathogens/west Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Berna | van Wendel de Joode | Universidad Nacional | Costa Rica | Human Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Carlos | Rodriguez-Rodriguez | Universidad de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Bioremediation, monitoring and risk assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Muyisa | Musongora | Université Catholique du Graben | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Soil health and soil quality | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Joseph | Adheka | University of Kisangani | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Seed system production | Excellence in Research |