01172cam a22001577a 4500020001500000040000800015082003500023245004300058260007700101300005000178520065900228650001000887650002600897650003000923710006100953  a9251052301  cFQG00a631 FOO 2004 A036 Or.a631.4/100aCarbon sequestration in dryland soils.  aRome :bFood and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations,c2004.  axiv, 108 p. :bcol. ill., col. maps ;c30 cm.  aThis report presents a comprehensive analysis of the scientific aspects and potentiality of carbon sequestration in drylands on the basis of case studies across different land use and management systems carried out in several distinctive drylands areas of the world. It includes an overview of the policies and clarification of the different economic incentives regarding soil carbon sequestration in order to determine how available resources and specific programmes can be implemented in drylands in order to improve food security and rural livelihood of the populations in drylands, one of the most soil degraded and impoverished regions of the world. 0aSoils 0aCarbon sequestration. 0aArid regions agriculture.2 aFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.