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Not AvailableSoil carbon sequestration is one of the potential strategies to mitigate the global warming impacts. Despite the fact that the Asian countries with more than 90% of rice fields are serving as a food basket for the global population, they are being vociferously blamed for their contribution towards methane emission and associated climate change. Major part of rice is being cultivated under continuous submergence that may have an influence on active and passive pools of soil carbon besides methane emission. This paper reviews the carbon sequestration potential of rice soils besides discussing the mechanisms and strategies that promote preferential accumulation of soil carbon while minimizing carbon emissions. Overall, the strategies such as practicing the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of cultivation, adoption of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM), promoting mycorrhizal symbiosis in aerobic rice system besides enhancement of phytolith occluded carbon are some of the key areas that offers better carbon sequestration in rice ecosystem.Not Availabl