| 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Henk | Udo | Wageningen University&Research | Netherlands | sustainable intensification of smallholder livestock systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Akeem | Raji | Kwara State University, Nigeria | Nigeria | Food Processing Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Birhane Gebrehiwot | Tesfamariam | Dilla University, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Lecturer and Researcher of Remote sensing, GIS, Geomatics and natural resources management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | bouali | Guesmi | CREDA | Spain | Research Impact Assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Shemei | Zhang | Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China | China | Agricultural Economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mara | Grohs | Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz | Brazil | crop diversification in lowlands | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lise | Korsten | The University of Pretoria | South Africa | Food Security and Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | PO YUK | SO | NKUST | Taiwan | Analysis of the positioning factors affecting the sustainable fishing gear-Set net | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Tünay | KARAN | Yozgat Bozok University | Turkey | Food biotechnology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Hichem | Ben Salem | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie | Tunisia | Nutrition des petits ruminants | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Samuel | Kwizerimana | FIGA | Burundi | agribusiness | Best Researcher Award |