| Dr | Sebastian | John Adams | University of Mississippi | United States | Good Agriculture and Collecting Practices | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Feridun | Esmaeilzadeh | Shiraz University | Iran | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Byron | Lapo Calderón | Universidad Técnica de Machala | Ecuador | valorización de residuos agrícolas | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | FRANK | IDAN | KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Ghana | Animal Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Jose Manuel | Febles Gonzalez | Universidad de La Habana | Cuba | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Joseph | Hella | Sokoine University of Agriculture | Tanzania | Small farmers in semi-arid climate | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kmar | M'barek | Higher Institute of Agronomy of Chott Meriem, University of Sousse, Tunisia. | Tunisia | Allelopathy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | krishnaveni | R | vijayanagara srikrishnadevaraya university ballari | India | biopesticides , transgenic varaities | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Dele | RAHEEM | Arctic Centre, University of Lapland | Finland | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hamed | Yousefzadeh | Forestry, Biodiversity | Iran | Biodiversity | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Hüseyin | BASIM | Akdeniz University | Turkey | Plant biotic and abiotic diseases | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Priyakant | Sinha | University of New England | Australia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Krishnaswamy | Jayachandran | Florida International University | United States | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sophon | Boonlue | Khon Kaen University | Thailand | Agricultural Microbiology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | MICHELE | PISANTE | University of Teramo | Italy | Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Arezoo | Paravar | Shahed University | Iran | Tropical area (especially Iran) | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Satish Pujari | | Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology | India | Pine apple fiber | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fenil | Gandhi | Bruhad Consultant | India | Water Resource Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Michael | Kinyua | International Centre for Tropical Agriculture | Kenya | Cropping system innovations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dejene | Mengistu | Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT | Ethiopia | cereal science/breeding | Best Researcher Award |