| Dr | Olga | Sukhoveeva | Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Greenhouse gases emissions and carbon cycle | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alexander | Vyboishchik | South Urals State University | Russia | Materials Science in agriculture | Best Faculty Award |
| Mr | Victor | Ivanov | MSU | Russia | Soil erosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Oksana | Lastochkina | Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS | Russia | Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pierre Celestin | Ndayisaba | CIFOR-ICRAF | Rwanda | Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pascal | Nyabinwa | Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board | Rwanda | Animal sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Didier | Milindi Rugema | To be communicated later after settling to Rwanda | Rwanda | Land administration and management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Randel | Esnard | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development | Saint Lucia | Agribusiness marketing/Collective action/Agribusiness Organizations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mureed | Husain | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Insect Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ahmed | Zeyada | Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Precision Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mahmoud | Abdel-Dayem | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Biodiversity of insects in arid ecosystems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hanaa Abbas | Yamani | university of Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Abdul | Khaliq | Taibah University | Saudi Arabia | Energy Security | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Mohd Asjad | Siddiqui | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia | sustainable energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Aleksandar | Valjarevic | University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography | Serbia | GIS; Remote Sensing , Alternative water; Agriculture , Land, Climate change | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Matija | Petkovic | Arup | Serbia | Endemic subterranean fauna | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ivan | Milovanović | Innovation centre of the Faculty of the Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade | Serbia | Mycology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ismail | Adeleke | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | IoT and Machine Learning in Water quality monitoring process | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kamoru | Ibrahim | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Sustainable agricultural residual for Construction works | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Blessing | Masamha | Human Sciences Research Council | South Africa | Food security and sustainable agriculture | Best Researcher Award |