| Mr | Precious Muhammed | Emmanuel | MGIG Global Services, Lagos | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Aoyang | Ma | Shanghai Jiaotong university | China | Sustainable Soil Practices Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Ayalneh Yedem | Fentie | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Young Scientist Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Muhammad | Haseeb | University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | Young Scientist Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Eric | LEGBA | World Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa (WCA), based at the IITA-Benin Campus in Cotonou, Benin | Benin | Young Scientist Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Pascal | Mwenge | Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Vaal University of Technology | South Africa | Young Scientist Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Pascal | Mwenge | Vaal University of Technology | South Africa | Young Scientist Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Muhammad Asad | Ullah | University of the Punjab | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Michael Tobby | Agwe | Soroti University | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Tongtong | Zhang | Shihezi University | China | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Qurban | Aliyar | BA | Afghanistan | Excellence in Innovation | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Bernard | Omomoh | Federal University of Tech, Forestry and Wood Tech, Ak, Nigeria | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Suraj | Maurya | NIOS, Ministry of Education, Government of India | India | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Clement | Nyarko Opoku | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Tao | Huang | Nanjing Normal University | China | Soil and Water Conservation | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Sher Shah | Hassan | Global Climate-Change Impact Studies Centre, MoCC&EC, Islamabad | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Stephen | Afrifa | University of Energy and Natural Resources | Ghana | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Muhammad Akmal Hakim | bin Hishammmuddin | Tongji University + Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Workina | Geleta | Wollega university | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |
| Mr | Jean Baptiste | Biloa | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | soilscientists.org |