| Mr | Mxolisi | Mukhawana | Department of Water and Sanitation / University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | ASHOKKUMAR | A | VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, VELLORE | India | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Raoudha | Abdellaoui | Institut des Régions Arides-Médenine | Tunisia | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems/Characterization and Valorization of wild Plants for Food and Feed Uses/Arid and Desert Regions especially degraded and margenilized zones | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Oksana | Lastochkina | Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS | Russia | Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zaki Ahmad | FAIZI | Ondokuz Mayıs University | Turkey | sustainable and organic fruit production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | G.S. Champika | Perera | National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Sri Lanka.) | Sri Lanka | Sustainable aqua feed | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Samad | Rahimnejad | University of Murcia | Spain | Sustainable Aquafeed Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Rezk | Aston University | United Kingdom | Sustainable cooling and heating | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Evans | Asenso | University of Ghana | Ghana | Sustainable Crop Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Shanko | Bakure | Arsi University | Ethiopia | Sustainable Crop Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Richard | Terry | Brigham Young University | United States | Sustainable Crop Production | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | William | Adzawla | International Fertilizer Development Center | Ghana | Sustainable crop production and farmers livelihood | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | David Tavi | Agbor | Catholic University Institute Buea Cameroon | Cameroon | Sustainable crop production, agroecology and integrated soil fertility management | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | KIPROTICH WESLY | CHERUIYOT | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya | Sustainable dryland farming | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Behiwot Tilahun | Beza | Private | Ethiopia | Sustainable Energy | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Mohd Asjad | Siddiqui | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia | sustainable energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | MD Faiyaz | Ahmed | Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research | India | Sustainable Energy and Ecosystems | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Virendra | Kumar | Harcourt Butler Technical university | India | Sustainable energy resource and utilization | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Yashwant | Bisht | Uttaranchal University | India | sustainable ethanol blinding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | sujata | sinha | Indian Council of Medical Research | India | sustainable food security | Best Researcher Award |