| 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 |
| Prof | Xikombiso | Mbhenyane | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Food and Nutrition | Best Innovation Award |
| Mr | Etian | Ngobeni | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Agricultural Economics | Best Scholar Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Abiodun | Ogundeji | University of the Free State | South Africa | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ashika | Naicker | Durban Unversity of Technology | South Africa | Public Health Nutrition and the food environment | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Lise | Korsten | The University of Pretoria | South Africa | Food Security and Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fuzail | Dawood | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Food security identification modelling, machine learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tesfaye | Mekonnen | University of The Free State | South Africa | Plant Breeding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ntombokulunga | Mbuma | Agricultural Research Council | South Africa | Food security and nutrition | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Ethel | Phiri | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Ecosystem services | Women Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sipho | Ntonta | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Soil amendments- carbon sequestration and fertilization techniques/Sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mxolisi | Mukhawana | Department of Water and Sanitation / University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | 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 |
| 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 |