| Assist. Prof. Dr | Xubin | Lu | Yangzhou University | China | Sustainable Livestock Production | Quantitative genetics and statistical genomics in dairy cattle. | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Xue | Qu | School of Management/Chengdu University of Information Technology | China | Sustainable Crop Production | food security; agricultural resources and environment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Xuefeng | Shen | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Sustainable Crop Production Systems | Crop Cultivation and Stress Physiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yakoub | LADJAL-ETTOUMI | Higher school of food science and agri-food industries, Algiers | Algeria | Food Security and Nutrition | Microalgae as Food | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | yaniv | lavon | Israel Cattle Breeders Association | Israel | Sustainable Livestock Production Systems | dairy cows | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yanjun | Chai | Key Laboratory of Recycling and Ecotreatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology | China | Soil Science and Fertility Managemen | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yanli | Lei | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture | marine biodiversity, global change, and international standardization | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yazdan | keivany | Isfahan University of Technology | Iran | Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture | Larval development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yeongmi | Jang | Chungnam National University | South Korea | Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture | Effects of Planting Density and Nitrogen Fertilization on the Growth of Forage Rice in Reclaimed and General Paddy Fields | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yi | Wang | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | United States | Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation | Nano-enabled Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Production | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Yifan | Pan | Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University | China | Food Security and Nutrition | Bioinformatics | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Prof | YiPing | Li | : Northwest A&F University | China | Sustainable Food Processing and Preservation | agricultural pests | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yogendra | ND | CSIR-CIMAP | India | Sustainable Crop Production Systems | Livelihood | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Yogita | Patil | H. V. Desai College Pune, Maharashtra India | India | Others | Agricultural MIcrobiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | yohannes | | Injibara University | Ethiopia | Agricultural Economics & Rural Development | Technology adoption | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Younes | Rezaee Danesh | Van Yuzuncu Yil University | Turkey | Sustainable Crop Production Systems | Sustainable Plant Protection | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yu | Han | Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization，Ministry of agriculture and Rural Affairs | China | Others | Automatic control; artificial intelligence; intelligent agriculture; intelligent agricultural machines; agricultural robots | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Yuch-Ping | Hsieh | Florida A&M University | United States | Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation | Environmental chemistry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Yucheng | Jie | Agricultural College / Ramie Research Institute | China | Sustainable Crop Production Systems | Plant remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yucheng | Wang | Shenyang Agricultural University | China | Others | plant molecular biology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |