| Mrs | Theresa | Theunissen | Technical University of Munich | Germany | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Barbara | Sawicka | University of Life Sciences in Lublin | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Zheng | Northeast Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Vladimir | Verzhuk | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Gentic Resources (VIR) St. Petersburg, Russia | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kuradusenge | Martin | University of Rwanda | Rwanda | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Vladimír | Langraf | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | Slovakia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Cracios | Consul | UTFPR | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Faith Mawia | Muema | SEKU | Kenya | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jiri | Holatko | Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Andualem | Tonamo | Madda Walabu University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Saeid | Naderi | University of Guilan | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Xubin | Lu | Yangzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Palo Francis | Loke | University of the Free State | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Alireza | Sharifi | Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sherif Abdel Razzak | Rateb | Desert Research Center | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anna Rita | Dipierro | University of Calabria | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lyndon | Sackey | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and | Ghana | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Md Mahfuzul | Hasan | Worldfish | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohamed Naceur | Khelil | National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, water and forest, INRGREF | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | YiPing | Li | : Northwest A&F University | China | Best Researcher Award |