| Dr | Victor | Vicent | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Vladimir | Verzhuk | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Gentic Resources (VIR) St. Petersburg, Russia | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Vladimír | Langraf | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | VLASIOS | GOULAS | CYPRUS UNIVERISTY OF TECHNOLOGY | Cyprus | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Weibo | Qin | Jilin Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Weili | Sun | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Xubin | Lu | Yangzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xue | Qu | School of Management/Chengdu University of Information Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yakoub | LADJAL-ETTOUMI | Higher school of food science and agri-food industries, Algiers | Algeria | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Yeongmi | Jang | Chungnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yifan | Pan | Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University | China | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | YiPing | Li | : Northwest A&F University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yogendra | ND | CSIR-CIMAP | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yuch-Ping | Hsieh | Florida A&M University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yucheng | Wang | Shenyang Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | yun | Shen | Sichuan Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yunting | Fang | Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zahoor | Ahmad | University of Central Punjab | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zaryab | Murad | Huazhong Agriculture University | China | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Zhenlong | Wang | Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |