Groundwater is used all over the world for agriculture and has been a main source of fresh water for irrigation for a very long time. Traditionally accessing the groundwater has been challenging and has been through canal based systems that are expensive to  build and maintain. These systems are traditionally managed by local or national governments,  depending on the economic state of the country this can either be a good thing for managing groundwater or it can mean that the systems aren't getting the attention they need.

Studies have found that approximately only 2.5% of the earth's water is considered to be freshwater, this means that only 2.5% of earths water is safe for things like freshwater wildlife, drinking and farming. Of the 2.5% about 30% of that is groundwater, that 30% is nearly 100 times the amount of freshwater found above ground. It has also been estimated that of the worlds water 97.5% is salt water  Scientists estimate that globally we use 1277 km of water for irrigation each year, groundwater makes up about 43% of that.