Sino Agro Food Inc (fka SIAF)

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S&P Capital IQ Initiates Coverage on Sino Agro Food, Inc in Standard & Poor’s Factual Stock Reports

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S&P Capital IQ announced today that it has commenced Standard & Poor’s Factual Stock Report coverage on Sino Agro Food, Inc.

Sino Agro Food, Inc. (OTC: SIAF), an agricultural technology and organic food company, is focused on developing, producing and distributing agricultural products in the People's Republic of China. It plans to offer agricultural and aquaculture products to meet the demand of China's middle class for gourmet and high-quality food items.

The company's lines of business include the manufacture and distribution of beef and lamb products, fish products, bio-organic fertilizer, stock feed and cash crops. The company works with local governments and farmers to form agricultural cooperatives. Once these cooperatives have been formed, Sino Agro Food develops the infrastructure and provides the education and training to bring what were once small individual farms and communities into commercial-scale operations.

The company conducts its operations through various subsidiaries. Capital Award Inc. engages in modern fishery project management and consultancy services. It provides consulting and management services to fish farms that are adopting the "A-Power Technology". A Power Technology (APT) is an engineered, self-contained water treatment and re-circulating aquaculture system (RAS) for the growing of aquatic animals on a commercial scale. It mainly consists of the A-Power Grow Out Basin and the A-Power Treatment Stack equipment and operating techniques and procedures which Capital Award has established as essential or desirable for the establishment, development and operation of the A-Power aquaculture system. An APT-designed fish growing system is fully integrated, automated and climate-controlled. According to the company, the enhanced growing conditions enable improved productivity, mortality rates of less than 8% and a feed-to-fish conversion ratio of 1:1 for pallet feed and 2:1 for non-pallet feed. The system is housed on land in an enclosed environment under fully controlled conditions, and by avoiding contact with any outdoor contamination and using treated water APT RAS produces healthy farmed fish guaranteed free of antibiotics and other pollutants, according to the company.

Standard & Poor’s Factual Stock Report coverage on Sino Agro Food, Inc. will also be accessible on an ongoing basis to the investment community by scores of buy-side institutions and sell-side firms that utilize S&P Capital IQ research and information platforms daily. Millions of self-directed investors also have access to the report via their e-brokerage accounts. Please visit www.sinoagrofood.com for additional information.

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