Resistant bacteria isolated throughout fresh produce and environmental samples from smallholder farms in South Africa

<p dir="ltr">This comprehensive dataset comprises of physicochemical, microbiological, and genomic analyses of environmental samples collected from smallholder fresh produce farming systems in the Northern regions of South Africa. It explores the <b>water-soil-plant nexus </b>through analysis of parameters including water quality (pH, BOD, COD, turbidity, TDS and TSS), total coliform and <i>Escherichia coli </i>contamination levels in irrigation water, soil, and fresh produce were analysed using SAS version 9.3 statistical software, as well as the resistance profiles of bacterial isolates (e.g <i>E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, other Enterobacterales species). Genomic data, acquired through whole genome sequencing, includes bacterial sequence types, serotypes, pathogenicity predictions, mobile genetic elements, virulence and resistance gene presence in separate table formats.</p>