| Dr | Marappullige | Priyantha Kumara | Ocean University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Suha | Elsoragaby | University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan | Sudan | Energy inputs in crop production | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Ghadeer | Mohammed Alkhedir | University of Khartoum | Sudan | Botany and Agricultural biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ebba | Brink | Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) | Sweden | climate change adaptation and popular resistance | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lovely | Mahawar | Umea University | Sweden | Plant-microbe interaction | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lucas | Zena | University of Gothenburg | Sweden | Fish welfare | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | Fontana | Mario | Agroscope | Switzerland | Plant-Production Systems/Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muhannad | Hasan | Manara University | Syria | Natural products | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | MANASSE | ELUSMA | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Food security,Disaster risk mangement and governance, climate resilience, climate change adaptation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PO YUK | SO | NKUST | Taiwan | Analysis of the positioning factors affecting the sustainable fishing gear-Set net | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | SAID | MARZOUK | sokoine university of agriculture | Tanzania | Soil management and climate protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Joseph | Hella | Sokoine University of Agriculture | Tanzania | Small farmers in semi-arid climate | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ernest | Mbega | The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha | Tanzania | Crop Science/Crop Protection/Plant Pathology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ibrahim | Kadigi | Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST) | Tanzania | Risk Management in Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Flower | Msuya | Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative (ZaSCI) | Tanzania | Seaweed Aquacullture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Opportuna | Kweka | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | smallholders adaptation and resilience | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | JOSEPH | KALONGA | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Soil health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | MARTIN | KIJAZI | KCMC | Tanzania | stakeholders values analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Patikorn | Sriphirom | Silpakorn University | Thailand | GHG mitigation from agricultural activities | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sophon | Boonlue | Khon Kaen University | Thailand | Agricultural Microbiology | Best Researcher Award |