| Dr | Dwiyitno | Dwiyitno | National Research and Innovation Agency | Indonesia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Santiago | Ochoa-Moreno | Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | Ecuador | Diversificación | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Melaku | Berhe | Mekelle University | Ethiopia | Sustainable livestock feed and marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dina | Yaseen | Education | Iraq | Water and wastewater management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kishor | N | Indian Agricultural Research Institute | India | Water Science and Technology | 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 | Lydia | Wairegi | currently not affiliated to an institution | Kenya | systems agronomy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Ernest | Mbega | The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha | Tanzania | Crop Science/Crop Protection/Plant Pathology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mekuanent | Tebkew | University of Gondar | Ethiopia | Management strategies and floristic diversity in agroforestry practices of northwestern Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hamid Reza | Roosta | Arak university | Iran | Sustainable agriculture and food system | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Walid | ZORRIG | Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Center of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria (Tunisia) | Tunisia | Abiotic stresses | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | MRITYUNJAY | GHOSH | BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA, WEST BENGAL | India | Traditional Non-Basmati Aromatic Rice | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jorge Carlos | Ruiz Ruiz | Universidad Anáhuac Mayab | Mexico | Propiedades bioactivas de alimentos | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fathi | Berrabah | University Amar Telidji | Algeria | Symbiose légumineuses-rhizobia | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | SUPHAT | PHONGTHAI | Chaing Mai Univesity | Thailand | Cereal Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maximilien | Azalou | University of Parakou | Benin | Zootechnics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | MA | OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV | United States | Food safety and agricultural production practice | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KIPROTICH WESLY | CHERUIYOT | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya | Sustainable dryland farming | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | NANDHINI | MALAIYAPPAN | PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY | India | Crop Protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Dionei | Lima Santos | Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Campus Conceição do Araguaia | Brazil | Agricultural water management | Best Researcher Award |