Sino Agro Food Inc (fka SIAF)

[aquaculture]

2016cc. Six months later, the same abbotoir was shut down. So much for value of guidance...

Text from 2016 annual result conference call prepared remarks

These operational enhancements are designed to position us to carve out and subsequently spin off the cattle business in order to maximize its value, using the aquaculture COSO strategy as a blueprint.

 To this end, SJAP’s COSO strategy requires more work than the Aquaculture COSO plan for the following reasons:

1. SJAP is working in conjunction with the Chinese Government to promote certain economic and social responsibility objectives.
a. Firstly, to promote economic development in the region, the Xining Government is regrouping Xining’s abattoir operations by cancelling various existing abattoir permits within close proximity to each other, with the aim of centralizing all slaughterhouse operations at SJAP’s abattoir facility and turning the Huangyuan district into Xining’s main cattle and meat trade center. This is expected to significantly benefit SJAP as it will provide it with extra land adjacent to its existing sites to accommodate and develop two abattoir operations. It will also provide additional land at another location for SJAP to move its existing operations to, including the cattle farm, the fertilizer factory and the concentrated feed manufacturing factory. To this end, SJAP has been closely coordinating with the Xining Government in recent months. 
b. Secondly, on the Social Responsibility front, the Government’s aim is for SJAP to lead and to group the regional growers and farmers into a united mass, with the aim of helping all regional poor farmers and growers out of poverty by the end of 2018. This exercise mirrors the same Co-op System SJAP has been employing since its inception

2. The Government has agreed to support SJAP in an effort to procure listing on the main board in China, either in Shanghai or Shenzhen, subject to SJAP’s performance. This, as opposed to seeking listing on China’s 3rd Board, the NEEQ. If SJAP does list on the main board, it will have “domestically listed foreign investment shares” available to enable our foreign shareholders to trade their shares, globally. 

The Management of the Company are proud that the Government is recognizing SJAP for its efforts and counting it among an elite group of agricultural companies.