| Prof | Jailane | Aquino | Federal University of Paraíba | Brazil | Alimentos e Nutrição | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jallat | Khan | Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology | Pakistan | Medicinal Plants | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Grażyna | Bortnowska | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin | Poland | Improving the stability of aroma compounds in food | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Guy | Simbeko | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Circular Bioeconomy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARMAND SYLLVIN | ETEME | University of YAOUNDE I | Cameroon | Dynamique des protéines dans les cellules biologiques | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Liane | Jantsch | Instituto Federal de Enologia e Viticultura | Brazil | Gastronomia/ Gastronomia Local/Enologia/Vinhos | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Amr | Shendy | Agricultural Research Center | Egypt | Food Safety Testing | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Tengku Mazlin | Tengku Ab Hamid | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Federica | Alchera | Università degli Studi di Torino | Italy | Recupero dei sottoprodotti | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARMAND SYLLVIN | ETEME | University of YAOUNDE I | Cameroon | Dynamique de la cellule MARCKS dans les membranes cellulaires | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Fiacre | Zavinon | Université d'Abomey-Calavi | Benin | Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kwaku | Onwona-Hwesofour Asante | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) | Ghana | Agronomy and Soil Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bindu Kumar | Karthikeyan | Department of Mechanical Engineering | India | Sustainable Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Chala G | Kuyu | Jimma University | Ethiopia | Food handling and processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Snehal | Jadhav | Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil nadu | India | Functional food and Neutraceuticals | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Flávio | Binotti | UEMS/CEDESU/CEISCO | Brazil | Potencialidades Biotecnológicas de Microalgas na Sustentabilidade da Agricultura | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lovely | Mahawar | Umea University | Sweden | Plant-microbe interaction | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xudong | Wen | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Homology of medicine and food | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Sana | Arif | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | Pakistan | Food and Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Prayaga | Murali Krishna | NIFTEM Kundli | India | Nanomaterials and sensors | Best Researcher Award |