A Multi-Criteria Crop Planning Approach Based on the Resistive Economy Characterizing the Situation in Gaza Strip

Since 2006, Gaza Strip has been under siege that resulted in exceptional conditions where both imports and exports are not allowed. The way to deal with this situation is to focus on locally available resources to meet the needs of the population while making sure that scarce resources do not deteriorate especially in the agricultural sector. Therefore; the Palestinian government found itself in a position to plant agricultural crops in governmental lands (known as settlements before Israelis withdrew from Gaza), to sustainably meet the needs of the population. This paper uses Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a multi criteria decision making tool to draft a cropping plan for Gaza Strip given the constraints imposed by the occupation under the present conditions. Thus, the term resistive economy was coined. Criteria and sub criteria governing the concept of resistive economy are first identified, then, crops are ranked based on how closely they achieve the different goals set by the