The global population is growing by 200,000 people per day. In order to provide enough food for this growing populous sustainable intensification methods need to be adopted. The use of technology, and in particular UAVs, may be one of these methods. The use of UAVs for the completion of agricultural tasks such as fertilising and spraying may negate the need for tramlines in European tillage systems. In the present study the amount of land currently occupied by tramlines was determined in an effort to ascertain the potential amount of combinable crop products that could be achieved if this area was utilised. The results of this study found that 3.42% of a field with a 24 m bout width is occupied by tramlines. By using this area for the cultivation of crops an additional 8.14 Mt worth €1.43 billion could be produced. This additional product could provide enough calories to feed 29.5 million people per year.

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估计有轨电车占用的欧洲耕作系统的当前面积以及种植该未充分利用区域的潜在方法

全球人口每天增加 20 万人。为了为这种不断增长的人口众多的可持续集约化方法提供足够的食物，需要采用。技术的使用，尤其是无人机，可能是这些方法之一。使用无人机完成施肥和喷洒等农业任务可能会消除欧洲耕作系统中对电车轨道的需求。在本研究中，确定目前被有轨电车占用的土地数量是为了确定如果利用该区域可以实现的可组合作物产品的潜在数量。这项研究的结果发现，24 m 宽度的场地的 3.42% 被有轨电车占据。通过使用该地区种植农作物，可以额外生产 8.14 公吨，价值 14.3 亿欧元。