| Mr | Sebastián | Valencia | Universidad Católica de Santa María | Peru | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jaime | Gallardo-Alvarado | National Technological Institute of Mexico, Celaya Campus | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wander | Borges | Agronomic Institute - IAC | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Evandro | Teixeira | University of Brasilia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | David | Dean | The Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ahsan | Jamil | New Mexico State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Alejandra | de-la-Torre | Universidad del Rosario | Colombia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Raymundo | Munoz | Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Clement | Yedjou | Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Helio | Lira | Universidade Federal de Campina Grande | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Muayad | Salman | Research Laboratory of Ecosystems and Aquatic Resources, UR03AGRO; National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, 43 Av. Charles Nicolle, Tunis, 1082 Tunisia. | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammed | Aljamal | University of Bridgeport | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Vishwanath | Venketaraman | Western University of Health Sciences | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Abdolkarim | Sheikhi | Queens University | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | constanza | Baquedano | Universidad del desarrollo | Chile | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | DARIO | RAMIREZ | CONICET-UNSL | Argentina | Excellence in Research |
| Prof. Dr | Anthony | Valverde | Tecnológico de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Efrain | Noa Yarasca | Texas A&M Agrilife | United States | Excellence in Research |
| Prof. Dr | Miguel | Castro Fernández | Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, Cujae | Cuba | Excellence in Research |
| Prof. Dr | Decheng | Yang | University of British Columbia | Canada | Excellence in Research |