| Dr | Xue | Qu | School of Management/Chengdu University of Information Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zahoor | Ahmad | University of Central Punjab | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Inês | Mansinhos | University of Algarve | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Franciely | da Silva Ponce | Universidade Paranaense | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | THIYAGARAJAN | T | ICAR- IIRr | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tlou | Masehela | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Vassilios | Triantafyllidis | University of Patras | Greece | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dharmendra Kumar | Meena | ICAR-CIFRI | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Bashir Olaniyi | Sadiq | Kampala International University | Uganda | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Aboubacar Diallo | Diallo | AfricaRice | Mali | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Hajer | Darouez | Ghent University | Belgium | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Donald | Manigat | Universidade Federal do Amapá – UNIFAP | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohamed | Fathy Agina | Higher institute for specific studies, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Beni-Suef University, Egypt | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mukhtar | Abdulraheem | Henan Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pothiyappan | Karthik | Karpagam Academy of Higher Education | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Andrey | Smagin | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Reem | Hashad | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Qadreyah | Almatawah | Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Kuwait | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Moustafa | Rizk | Najran University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yunting | Fang | Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |