The use of robots, drones and AI tools in agriculture is already paying off on 42% of the world's cropland. This could increase to 50% in the next 20 years and to as much as 75% if every country tightened environmental regulations. If every country loosened its regulations, it would fall to 31%.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-smart-farming-profitable-regions-global.html)