Claudio García is an Agricultural Engineer, graduated from the University of the Republic (Uruguay), specialist in water management in agricultural production systems and irrigation systems and methods. He has a Master's and Doctorate from the Federal University of Santa María (Brazil). He has been dedicated to research since 1990 at INIA Las Brujas (Uruguay), participating and leading national and international projects. He has more than 70 national and international publications, both in refereed magazines, as well as in magazines of dissemination and diffusion for technicians and farmers, all related to the issue of irrigation. More than 50 presentations at national and international meetings, symposia, seminars and congresses. He is the author of more than 10 book chapters on the subject of irrigation. He conducted more than 40 tutorials and co-tutorials for undergraduate and graduate students, both nationally and internationally. Since 2015, he has been a member of the Technical Commission of Section I of the CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering) www.cigr.org. He is also a member of the steering committee of the GWP-Uruguay (Global Water Partnership) https://www.gwp.org