| Mr | Mohamad Zulfazli Bin | Mohd Sobri | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Plant Productivity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Olga | Sukhoveeva | Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Greenhouse gases emissions and carbon cycle | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vishal | Mourya | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology | India | Tribology in wooden science and technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hongxi | Liu | Beijing Normal University | China | Sustainable land management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Prasood | SP | Centre for Environment and Development | India | Hydrogeochemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hamid | BOUBEKRAOUI | Water and Forests Department | Morocco | Ecolgy/Sustainable Development/Water and Forets conservation | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | James | Mbaziira | Makerere University | Uganda | Agropastoral innovations | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Virendra | Kumar | Harcourt Butler Technical university | India | Sustainable energy resource and utilization | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Shan | Sasidharan | Pankajakasthuri Herbal Research Foundation | India | Pharmacognosy and herbal produce research | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Fontana | Mario | Agroscope | Switzerland | Plant-Production Systems/Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xiaofei | MA | ESSCA School of Management | France | Green Subsidies | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dubán Ovidio | González Álvarez | Unilasallista Corporación Universitaria / Universidad de Antioquia | Colombia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Nor Azman | Kasan | Universiti Malaysia Terengganu | Malaysia | Environmental Biotechnology | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Bhawana | Mishra | Central university of himachal Pradesh | India | Medicinal and Aromatic Plants | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Debabrata | Das | B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology | India | Mathematical ecology. Sustainable fisheries Management and ecosystem services | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Elena | Poverenov | Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center | Israel | Natural materials and advanced technologies in Sustainable Agriculture and Food | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Xiaohong | Chen | School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University | China | drought assessment and water allocation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Alen | Raad | Baylor University | United States | Sustainable Rangeland Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | THIRUKANTHAN | CHANDRA | INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia | Malaysia | MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tianxiao | Sun | Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy | Germany | X-ray spectro-microscopy | Young Scientist Award |