| 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 |
| Dr | Michiel | Daam | Universidade Federal de Alfenas | Brazil | Environmental risk assessment of pesticides in tropical areas | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Susannah | Sallu | School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds | United Kingdom | Climate Smart Agriculture intervention and innovation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ajith J | Kings | St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering | India | Waste to Energy - Biofuels | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Nirmalendu | Das | Barasat Government College | India | Microbial supplementation | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Menno | Holzhauer | Royal GD AH | Netherlands | Bovine Health Management | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Dr | Gilson | Chagas Junior | Federal University of Pará | Brazil | Food Microbiology | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Wenceslao | Medina | Universidad Nacional del Altiplano de Puno | Peru | Andean crops | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daouda | GUEBRE | Ziniaré University Center/University Joseph Ki-Zerbo | Burkina Faso | Sustainable soil fertility management | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Talal | Darwish | National Center for Remote Sensing-National Council for Scientific Research | Lebanon | Management of nutrient and water input in agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dwiyitno | Dwiyitno | National Research and Innovation Agency | Indonesia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Melaku | Berhe | Mekelle University | Ethiopia | Sustainable livestock feed and marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Thi Thanh Thuy | Nguyen | Nong Lam University - Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ayato | Kohzu | National Institute for Environmental Studies | Japan | Inland water, sediment | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Lydia | Wairegi | currently not affiliated to an institution | Kenya | systems agronomy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Walid | ZORRIG | Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Center of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria (Tunisia) | Tunisia | Abiotic stresses | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shokoofeh | Hajihashemi | Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology | Iran | Environmental stress | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge Carlos | Ruiz Ruiz | Universidad Anáhuac Mayab | Mexico | Propiedades bioactivas de alimentos | Best Researcher Award |