In order to monitor trends and to make good decisions at all levels of responsibility (both within and outside the department) good and reliable data or statistics is critical. It follows that it is necessary to source data and develop a comprehensive database in order to monitor certain actual trends in the agricultural sector.

The Statistics Division maintains several databases ranging from enterprise prices to land price movements, game species prices, pluri-activity data and information and others. Aggregated data is generally available to clients. The client data needs play an important role in developing new databases on demand and these are identified through recorded requests (enquiry database) that the division also maintains. The data is also analysed and packaged for dissemination through various platforms.