| Prof | ANUSHA | INDIKA | University of Ruhuna | Sri Lanka | Agriculture Information system | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Phillip | Park | Kyungnam University | South Korea | Political Economy/marketisation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | MD ANOWAR | HOSSAIN | University of Rajshahi | Bangladesh | Plant Biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge | Aguilar Avila | Universidad Autónoma Chapingo | Mexico | Análisis de procesos de innovación en cadenas alimentarias | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Jake | Gonzalez | Texas Tech University | United States | Soil property comparative analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cristina | Bilbao Sainz | US Department of Agriculture | United States | Isochoric Freezing Preservation | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | ilyas | lahlouh | Mohamed V University of Rabat | Morocco | Poultry house, Egg Incubator | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | SAID | MARZOUK | sokoine university of agriculture | Tanzania | Soil management and climate protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Suha | Elsoragaby | University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan | Sudan | Energy inputs in crop production | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | GUDURO | WARE | jimma university | Ethiopia | Rural Development | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kesyton | Ozegin | Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma Nigeria | Nigeria | Sustainable groundwater exploration | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wu | Xiong | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Soil protists-microbiome interaction and plant health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ivan | Milovanović | Innovation centre of the Faculty of the Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade | Serbia | Mycology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Leela | Rizal | CSIRO | Australia | Agricultural pest and pathogen management | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Muhammad | Zahoor | University of Malakand | Pakistan | Biochemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ebba | Brink | Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) | Sweden | climate change adaptation and popular resistance | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KASHIF | TANWIR | GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY FAISALABAD PAKISTAN | Pakistan | Plant microbe interaction | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Emanuel | de Oliveira | Municipality of Paredes de Coura | Portugal | Traditional Knowledge | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Victor | Enujiugha | Federal University of Technology, Akure | Nigeria | Biotechnological inputs into sustainable agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | narayanan | narayanan | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | United States | Sustainable agriculture and food systems | Best Researcher Award |