Grass-root level food security in Bhutan and direction of aid policy aiming at self-reliance

这项研究审查了不丹基层的粮食安全状况，重点是不丹人饮食中不可或缺的辣椒，并提出了以可持续方式加强人民粮食安全的援助政策和方向。研究特别发现，人们使用两种交易模式，即易货贸易和在市场上用现金交易，在他们认识到每种交易模式的优缺点的基础上，战略性地获得辣椒。

This research have examined the situation of food security at the grass-roots level in Bhutan focusing on chilli which is indispensable to Bhutanese diet, and proposes policies and direction of aid assistance which enhances people's food security in sustainable manner. The research particularly finds that people use two modes of transaction, i.e. barter and transaction at market places with cash, to obtain chillies strategically based on their recognition of strengths and weaknesses of each mode of transaction.