| Mr | Shanko | Bakure | Arsi University | Ethiopia | Sustainable Crop Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gustavo | Martínez | CONICET | Argentina | Postcosecha. Conservacion de alimentos | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Manamno | Beza | Wolaita Sodo University | Ethiopia | Water Resources | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nithin | Rajan | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | India | Food Biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Serge Mandiefe | Piabuo | Wageningen University and Research | United States | Community Forest Enterprises | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Latamo | Lelamo | Kebri Dehar University | Ethiopia | Agroforestry and soil management | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pradeep | Kumar | IIT(BHU) Varanasi | India | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dr Bhaskar | Gardas | M.H Saboo Siddik College of Engineering | India | Sustainable Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kanasottu Anil | Naik | National Institute of Technology Warangal | India | PV solar systems issue with partial shading conditions | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ajoy | Saha | ICAR-CIFRI, Kolkata, India | India | Environment and analytical chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Flower | Msuya | Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative (ZaSCI) | Tanzania | Seaweed Aquacullture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Naveen | Leno | Kerala Agricultural University | India | Natural Resource Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Behailu Etana | Disasa | Jimma University | Ethiopia | Shade coffee agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Srinivasa Kishore | Teegala | GMR Institute of Technology | India | Solar Dryers | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mahmoud | Abdel-Dayem | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Biodiversity of insects in arid ecosystems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Elisaye | Bekele | Wolaita sodo university | Ethiopia | Machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jairos | Rurinda | University of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Crop adaptation to Climate Change; Soil Fertility Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Setsuko | Komatsu | Fukui University of Technology | Japan | Research | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Janet | Sturgeon | Simon Fraser University | United States | ethnic minority land access and land use | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Abdel Ilah | IRAQI HOUSSEINI | Dhar El Mehraz Fez Faculty of Science/ Sidi Mohammed ben Abdullah University | Morocco | Agriculture/ Recovery of green household waste/Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |