ACCESS initiated the State of India's Livelihoods (SOIL) Report in 2008. This report is a one of its kind and is the only document that aggregates the experiences and challenges of the livelihoods sector, analyses case studies, and reports the progress of both government and privately run programs. It focuses on the 4 Ps - People, Policy, Promoters and Potential. It is an annual publication with specific themes each year addressing contemporary issues impacting livelihoods. To bring together the Report, ACCESS brings together a clutch of authors who have domain knowledge of the sector. The report is annually brought out by ACCESS in collaboration with The Livelihood School, Hyderabad.
The 2010 volume of the SOIL report, being published by SAGE Publications, will focus on agriculture. In particular, some of the themes that the report will cover include government schemes for agri based livelihoods (with a focus on NREGA), potential and challenges of agriculture related livelihoods of the poor, new generation initiatives in agri based livelihoods by NGOs and the private sector, agri finance, agri marketing and the impact of climate change on agriculture.
The SOIL Report 2010 will be released on November 17, 2010 of the Livelihoods India Conference.
