| Factors | Variables | Source |
| Food production | Area | DSID |
| Cereal quantity (maize, sorghum, and rice) | ||
| Pulses quantity (beans and peanut) | ||
| Tuber quantity (yam and cassava) | ||
| Annual Pesticide used (quantity) | ||
| Pesticide cost | ||
| Annual fertilizer used (quantity) | ||
| Fertilizer cost | ||
| Commodities (Cotton) | Area | NSCT |
| Cotton Quantity | ||
| Cotton price | ||
| Annual pesticide used quantity | ||
| Pesticide cost | ||
| Annual fertilizer used (quantity) | ||
| Fertilizer cost | ||
| Number of cotton associations | DSID | |
| Population in production in central region | ||
| Forestry practices | Fines from illegal forestry practices | DR Centrale |
| Lumber produced | ||
| Fire wood and charcoal | ||
| Wood price | ||
| Socio economic data | Country Population | Internet, INSEED |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |