| Mrs | ESTEFANIA | AGUIRRE-ZAPATA | Instituto de Automática, Universidad Nacional de San Juan - CONICET | Argentina | Crop protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohsen | Pourfallah | Tennessee Tech University | United States | Solar food dryer | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sonia | DHAOUADI | Higher Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies University of Carthage | Tunisia | Ecologie - Pollution environnementale - Impact sur les écosystèmes forestier | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ram | Ram | ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow-226 101, India | India | Subtropical horticulture production | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hani | Saudy | Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University | Egypt | Weed management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Selin Ceren | Balsak | Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University | Turkey | Sustainable Agriculture and Food System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Carlos | Rodriguez-Rodriguez | Universidad de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Bioremediation, monitoring and risk assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raj kumar | Singh | World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) | India | Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Zaydoun | AbuSalem | Al-Balqa Applied University | Jordan | water resources and environmental engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Laith | AL-Eitan | Jordan University of Science and Technology | Jordan | Biosafety and Biosecurity | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hamdiyah | Alhassan | University for Development Studies | Ghana | Fisheries and Environment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Akinbode | Adedeji | University of Kentucky | United States | Nondestructive testing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Kumudhini | Akasapu | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | India | Food Processing, Food Product Development, Food Sensory Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Windinkonté | SEOGO | Université Joseph KI ZERBO | Burkina Faso | Rural households welfare | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mouchira | Choucry | Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University | Egypt | Natural Products, Food Chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Dionisio | Alvindia | Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech), Department of Agriculture | Philippines | non chemical pest and disease management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Song | Liu | University of Manitoba | Canada | Feed additives for effective detoxification | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Johnny | Mugisha | Makerere University | Uganda | Food systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lawrence | Damnyag | CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana | Ghana | Forest Economics and Policy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Fatih Doğan | KOCA | Erciyes University | Turkey | Remediation/catalyst | Best Researcher Award |