Climate smart agriculture through passive and active strategies to counter climate-change and climate variation in order to boost small-scale farming systems in Cameroon

Serious threats from climate change and variability on the agricultural sector throughout the world are eminent. The resources needed to combat the negative effects of climate change are wanting in Cameroon and other Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) nations due to their lower capacity to adapt to the climate change and variation and high dependence on rainfed agriculture. There exist varied passive and active approaches that can be easily handled by small-scale farmers in Cameroon and other nations in SSA to boost the agricultural sector. Applied Agricultural Climatology and Meteorology knowledge are favourable tools for passive interventions while transformational agricultural practices such as agroforestry are favourable active Climate Smart Agriculture strategies to counter climate change and variation in order to boost small-scale farming systems. Keywords: Cameroon, Climate smart Agriculture, Passive and Active strategies, Small-scale farmers