Nguyin Thj Thu - Dgng M[- BIEN D I T R O N G T R O T CUA NGtTcn CO Of XA TRA SOTN HUYEN TRA BONG, TINH QUANG NGAI VA MOT SO VAN DE DAT RA^ NCS Nguyln Thi Thu NCS Dang Minh Ngpe Vien Dan toe hpe Tdm tdt: Bdi viet de cap tdi nhitng bien ddi trdng trot cua ngudi Co d xd Trd San, huyen Trd Bdng, tinh Qudng Ngai Thdi gian gdn ddy, dudi tdc ddng cua cdc diiu kien mdi, ngudi Co d day da tdng toi da diin tich rupng nude di ddnh dien tich nuang Ida cho phdt triin cdc cdy ndng sdn hdng hda ddc biit Id nhitng cdy cao sdn, kit hpp chdm sdc rimg Vi vgy, ddng bdo dd chu trpng gieo trdng cdc gidng lua ndng sudt cao vdi nhirng ky thudt canh tdc mdi tren rupng nude, xudt hiin kinh te Idm nghiep thdng qua hogt ddng qudn ly bdo vi rimg Song, trdng trpt cua ngudi Co hiin vdn dang ddi mat vdi nhitng khd khdn, nhdt Id ddi ngheo thiiu ddt sdn xudt khdng ddm bdo an ninh luong thuc nen vdn gia tdng tinh trgng phd rimg Idm nuang Vdn di ndy rdt cdn duac cdc cdp, cdc ngdnh cd bien phdp thdo gd Tu khda: Ddn tdc Co, sinh ke, trdng trpt, nuang rdy, rupng nude, bien ddi Abstract: This article discusses the changes in farming activities of the Co people in Tra Son commune, Tra Bong district Quang Ngai province Due to the impacts of new circumstances, the Co people have maximized wet rice squares in order to save all upland for commercial agriculture, especial highly productive plants in combination with forest plants They use hybrid productive seeds with new farming technologies for their wet rice agriculture In addition, they start their forestry economy through forest protection activities However, due to the lack of farming land, the Co people still suffer from poverty and food insecurity This leads to forest destruction for the purpose of slash and burn farming These problems should be of concern to authorities at all levels and resolved in some way Keywords: Co people, livelihoods, farming, upland, wet land, changes Ngdy nhgn bdi: 15/6/2020; ngdy giriphdn bien: 3/7/2020; ngdy duyet ddng: 28/7/2020 ' Bai Viet la ket qua ciia de tai Khoa hoc cong nghe cap Quoc gia "Mot so van de ca ban i a ^^p bach cong dong cac ddn loc thieu so lai cho khu vuc Tdy duyen hat mien Trung", ma so CTDT 1S 36/16-20 Vi?n dan Igc hoc thuc hipn PGS.TS Biii Van Dao lam chu nhi?m Thupc Churong trinh KH&C N cap Quoc gia giai do^n 2016-2020 "Nhirng v k de c a ban va c^p bach ve dan tpc thieu so va chinh sach dan lo^