Land-use change (LUC) can lead to changes in soil CO2 flux and C storage in soil.
Conversion of forest into degraded land and agroecosystem is major LUC in dry tropics.
Soil aggregates, microbial biomass and root biomass regulates C input and output.
Bioenergy crop (Jatropha) plantation facilitates the soil acting as C ‘sink’ rather ‘source’.