Purpose This paper is aimed at discussing the strategies which are necessary to decrease the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance. In particular, it is important to focus on the policies that are supposed to restrict the use of antibiotics for agricultural purposes and food production. Introduction It should be mentioned that antibiotic resistance has become one of the main concerns for many medical workers. The problem is that many viruses can develop attributes that help them resist the effects of antimicrobial agents. As a result, there are many diseases which can become resilient to various drugs. For instance, one can mention certain forms of tuberculosis. Researchers identify several underlying causes of this phenomenon. For instance, one can speak about the excessive use of antibiotics for the treatment of various diseases. Additionally, this problem can be explained by the agricultural uses of antibiotics for growth purposes. Such applications of antibiotics are regulated in various advanced countries such as the members of the European Union. Methodology The search words included:   * antibiotic resistance;   * antimicrobial resistance;   * agriculture. The following databases were used:   * ProQuest;   * EBSCOhost;   * Cochraine Collaboration. I focused on the peer-reviewed articles published within the last six years. Much attention was paid to systemic reviews, descriptive studies, and controlled trials as the most credible sources of evidence. Results There are various systemic reviews which illustrate that the excessive use of antibiotics for agricultural purposes is directly associated with the increasing occurrences of antimicrobial resistance. For instance, one can speak about the emergence of such a bacterium as Staphylococcus aureus which is resistant to methicillin. Additionally, researchers argue that it is necessary to introduce regulations that can limit the use of the antibiotics in agriculture. Additionally, scholars note that these policies have been adopted in various European countries such as Denmark. Overall, similar policies have been implemented throughout the European Union. However, such restrictions have not been adopted in the United States. The selection process can be described with the help of the following flow chart. The summary of the main findings is presented in the following table: Systemic reviews                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Reviews with no manipulation of data                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                There are not many systemic reviews which can definitively illustrate the connection between agricultural uses of antibiotics and anti-microbial resistance. However, researchers agree antibiotics are overused nowadays. Moreover, they accept the premise that irra