(1) Placed under the authority of a Head of Unit, the Investigations and Statistics Unit is responsible for:

• designing, defining, developing and monitoring the implementation of the Ministry’s policy on the collection, production and use of statistical data;
• the collection, centralization, analysis, exploitation and production of statistical data on livestock, fisheries, and the animal and fisheries industries;
• the definition of methods and the conduct of statistical surveys and censuses in conjunction with the administrations and bodies concerned.
• the preparation and monitoring of accounts and revenues for the livestock, fisheries and animal and fisheries industries sub-sector;
• the development and implementation of an information network on the income of farmers in the livestock, fisheries, animal and fisheries industries subsector;
• the design and production of statistical management tools;
• statistical analysis of the evolution of the livestock, fisheries and animal and fisheries industries sub-sector;
• monitoring of production, farm and market statistics;
• the development of sub-sectoral performance indicators.

(2) It comprises, in addition to the Head of Cell, four (04) Assistant Research Officers.