The Healthy Soils Movement by Kokkoya supports farmers across Myanmar to rebuild soil life, track change, and share knowledge for a regenerative future.
Across Myanmar, farmers are testing their soils each month; digging, counting, observing, and sharing what they find. Together, they form the Healthy Soils Movement: a growing network learning how to restore the land from the ground up.
The Healthy Soils Dashboard brings their journey to life. It shows real changes happening in real fields such as the return of earthworms, better water holding and stronger root systems. Each update reflects the care and curiosity of the farmers leading the way toward regeneration.
Healthy soil starts with healthy inputs. Across Myanmar, small producers are making compost, biochar, ferments, and other natural amendments that nourish the land. Through our Organic Input Mapping project, we’re bringing their work into view, creating a shared map of where these producers are, what they make, and how they’re helping farmers transition to regenerative agriculture.
U Khin Maung Htay is part of the Roots Producer Network. He grows mango, sesame, peanut and green gram in Myanmar’s dry zone. A retired teacher, he now focuses on building healthy soil through local inputs such as cow and goat manure.
Niko Family Farm is quite a famous farm in Myanmar. This is partly due to Sayar Peter’s books, translations, and writing on social media, but also because of the many visitors they have welcomed over the years. They are one of our oldest collaborators, and together we have survived through some very tumultuous times.
Many of the farmers in our pilot we have worked with for years but some are new, recommended to us through others. One of these new farmers is Thant Zaw and even without us, Thant Zaw could start a movement. His enthusiasm is infectious and even more importantly, he is seeing results.
