| Dr | Juergen | Junk | Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technologie | Luxembourg | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Andualem | Tonamo | Madda Walabu University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kovács | Flórián | MAGYAR AGRÁR ÉS ÉLETTUDOMÁNYI EGYETEM | Hungary | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jiri | Holatko | Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Faheem shahzad | BALOCH | Mersin University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Radha | Rani | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad | India | Women 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 | Moustafa | Rizk | Najran University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Weili | Sun | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Irene | Bayiyana | National Agricultural Research Organisation | Uganda | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chi-Ming | Hsieh | National Chung Hsing Universit | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ozan | Yağmuroğlu | National Defense University Air Force Academy | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Hsin Her | Yu | National Formosa University/Department of Biotechnology | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mohamed Bechir | Allagui | National Institute for Agronomic Research of Tunisia (INRAT) | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohamed Naceur | Khelil | National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, water and forest, INRGREF | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hsiuying | Wang | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Subhanil | Guha | NIT Raipur | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Feng | Wu | North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | Zheng | Northeast Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Thongsouk | Sompouviset | NWAFU | China | Young Scientist Award |