Sino Agro Food, Inc. announced entry into two partnerships that advance its technical leadership in aquaculture. In September of 2017, Sino Agro Food, Inc. (SIAF) signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation and mutual benefit with CibusDx, a Utah, USA-based company that has developed a portable device capable of rapid testing for, among other things, diseases in shrimp and other species of interest to SIAF. The CibusDx testing system is also designed to communicate, report, and record the results of tests done in the field to secure data repositories. The CibusDx system provides important advances in disease detection methodologies, and will greatly benefit the aquaculture industry. The agreement places SIAF on the cutting edge of new technology development that can be leveraged by the company for its own purposes and for potential licensing and training contracts. As outlined in the MOU, SIAF and CibusDX will work together to further develop and certify the CibusDx system for use by SIAF. The parties will further discuss SIAF selling and distributing the CibusDx system within mainland China and SIAF using the communication capabilities of the CibusDx system to provide exclusive professional consultation to customers within mainland China. CibusDx has an agreement with the University of Arizona Aquaculture Program to develop assays and take steps to certify the device and assays through appropriate regulatory bodies. SIAF will aid development by providing advice, samples for testing, and validation at SIAF laboratories. Dr. Ostrowski and his research team will lead the efforts at the SIAF laboratories to be established at its aquaculture facilities in Zhongshan, "Aquafarm 4.