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Anthropogenic stressors such as heavy metal contamination, pesticide application, increased salinity, loss of soil fertility and increasing temperatures could be key drivers of AMR dissemination in intensively farmed agricultural sites. Intensive agriculture could act as a reservoir of AMR genes, which can then subsequently spread to animals and humans.
