| Prof Dr | Yousef | Abbaspour Gilandeh | University of Mohaghegh Ardabili | Iran | Design of food machines | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yong | Hao | East china Jiaotong University | China | Research on nondestructive detection and online sorting of food quality | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yingli | Wang | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | food security and food poverty | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yin | Shen | Chongqing Medical University | China | Wheat | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yéfoungnigui Souleymane | YEO | African Center of Excellence in Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD) | Côte d'Ivoire | biocontrol/pathogens/west Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yasmeen | Saleem | University of sargodha | Pakistan | Plant tissue culture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yashwant | Bisht | Uttaranchal University | India | sustainable ethanol blinding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yann Emmanuel S. | MIASSI | Université Laval | Canada | Agricultural and Forest Economics | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Yan | Wang | Zhejiang A & F University | China | Analysis of food safety and quality by advanced mass spectrometry techniques | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xudong | Wen | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Homology of medicine and food | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xu | Wu | School of Civil Engineering, North Minzu University | China | Climate Change and Water Resources | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Xikombiso | Mbhenyane | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Food and Nutrition | Best Innovation Award |
| Dr | Xiaoyan | Liu | Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China | China | Agricultural engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xiaolin | Yang | China Agricultural University | China | water management for cropping system | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Xiaohong | Chen | School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University | China | drought assessment and water allocation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaofei | MA | ESSCA School of Management | France | Green Subsidies | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Xiangyang | Yu | Institute of Food Saftey and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Reduced Pesticide applicaiton | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wu | Xiong | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Soil protists-microbiome interaction and plant health | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Windinkonté | SEOGO | Université Joseph KI ZERBO | Burkina Faso | Rural households welfare | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | William | Adzawla | International Fertilizer Development Center | Ghana | Sustainable crop production and farmers livelihood | Best Researcher Award |