| 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 |
| Dr | Randel | Esnard | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development | Saint Lucia | Agribusiness marketing/Collective action/Agribusiness Organizations | 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 | 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Narcis | Duteanu | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | Microbial fuel cell technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Awni | Alotoom | university of Doha for science and Technology | Qatar | Smart Greenhouse in the middle east | Best Innovation Award |
| Prof | Amjad M. | Shraim | Qatar University | Qatar | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Rui | Bessa | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon | Portugal | Animal Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Pedro | Brito | IPMA, I.P. | Portugal | Poluição Ambiental | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Emanuel | de Oliveira | Municipality of Paredes de Coura | Portugal | Traditional Knowledge | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daniela | Cordeiro | University of Coimbra | Portugal | Crop improvement | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | João | Santos | Dep Química e Bioquímica | Portugal | Café | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Célia | Silva | Universidade dos Açores | Portugal | Organic farming | Best Researcher Award |