| Mr | Kuber | Shivashakarappa | Tennessee State University | United States | Crop improvement | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daniela | Cordeiro | University of Coimbra | Portugal | Crop improvement | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mourad | Latati | Higher National School of Agronomy ENSA-ALGIERS | Algeria | Crop modelling | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Aweke | Mitku | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Ethiopia | Crop nutrition; | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | NANDHINI | MALAIYAPPAN | PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY | India | Crop Protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Himani | | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar | India | Crop protection | Top Researcher Award |
| Mrs | ESTEFANIA | AGUIRRE-ZAPATA | Instituto de Automática, Universidad Nacional de San Juan - CONICET | Argentina | Crop protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Henry | Becke | University of Buea | Cameroon | Crop Protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Patrice | NGATSI ZEMKO | University of Yaounde 1 | Cameroon | Crop Protection/Entomology/Phytopathology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bedane | Gudeta | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | Ethiopia | crop research | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Abdulai | Jalloh | AfricaRice | Côte d'Ivoire | Crop Science | 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 | Kui | Liu | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Canada | Cropping system diversification | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Michael | Kinyua | International Centre for Tropical Agriculture | Kenya | Cropping system innovations | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammed | Mustafa | Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science | Hungary | Crops productions | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Alexander | Rincon | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | Cultivos de uso ilicito | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | CHAKRAVARTHULA | MALATHI | ANNAMACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES | India | cyber security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | zehra | Güler | Hatay Mustafa Kemal University | Turkey | Dairy and Meat science and products proceses | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shadrach | Yankey | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and | Ghana | Dairy Science | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | DIOGO | SILVA | UFSCar | Brazil | Data and information for sustainability on Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |