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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block] |
As of September 30, 2012, details of the Company’s subsidiaries and variable interest entities are as follows:
|  | Date of |  | Place of |  | Percentage |  |  |  |
|  | Incorporation |  | Incorporation |  | of |  |  | Principal |
Name |  | or Establishment |  | or Establishment |  | Ownership |  |  | Activity |
Subsidiaries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State Harvest Holdings Limited (“State Harvest”) |  | October 6, 2004 |  | British Virgin Islands |  | 100 | % |  | Investment holding |
Beijing Origin State Harvest |  | December 1, 2004 |  | People’s Republic |  | 100 | % |  | Hybrid seed |
Biotechnology Limited (“BioTech”) |  |  |  | of China (“PRC”) |  |  |  |  | Technology development |
Shandong Kunfeng Biochemical Limited (note (iii)) (“Kunfeng”) |  | June 14, 2006 |  | PRC |  | 100 | % |  | Agricultural chemical producer |
Variable interest entity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beijing Origin Seed Limited (note (i)) (“Beijing Origin”) |  | December 26, 1997 |  | PRC |  | - |  |  | Hybrid crop seed development, |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | production and |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | distribution |
Subsidiaries held by Beijing Origin: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited (note (i)) (“Henan Cotton”) |  | March 2, 2001 |  | PRC |  | 92.04 | % |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution |
Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited (note (i); note (iv)) (“Changchun Origin”) |  | April 29, 2003 |  | PRC |  | 99.83 | % |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution |
Linze Origin Seed Limited (note (i)) |  | November 18, 2008 |  | PRC |  | 100 | % |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution |
Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited (“Xinjiang Origin”) (note (i); note (ii)) |  | July 13, 2011 |  | PRC |  | 51 | % |  | Hybrid crop seed development, production and distribution |
Denong Zhengcheng Seed Limited (note v) (“Denong”) |  | June 21, 2000 |  | PRC |  | 98.58 | % |  | Hybrid seed development, production and distribution |
| Note (i): | Beijing Origin Seed Limited, Henan Origin Cotton Technology Development Limited, Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Limited, Linze Origin Seed Limited and Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited are collectively referred to as “Beijing Origin”.
| Note (ii): | During the year, both Beijing Origin and the non-controlling interest made capital injection to Xinjiang Originbo Seed Company Limited, leading to an increase in its paid in capital to RMB100,000 from RMB40,000 in last year. Subsequent to the capital injection, Beijing Origin holds a 51% ownership interest in Xinjiang Origin.
| Note (iii): | As of April 6, 2012, Kunfeng has completed its restructuring procedures and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of BioTech.
| Note (iv): | In July 2012, Beijing Origin made capital injection to Changchun Origin, leading to an increase in its paid in capital to RMB30,000 from 5,000 in last year. Subsequent to the capital injection, the share ratio of Beijing Origin increased to 99.83% from 99% last year.
| Note (v): | In June 2012, Beijing Origin made capital injection to Denong, leading to an increase in its paid in capital to RMB120,000 from 80,000 last year. Subsequent to the capital injection, the share ratio of Beijing Origin increased to 98.58% from 97.87% last year.
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block] | The net book value of acquired assets and liabilities pursuant to the Share Exchange Transaction is as follows:
|  | RMB |
Net assets acquired: |  |  |  |
Cash |  |  | 163,517 |
Other current assets |  |  | 6,201 |
Due to State Harvest Shareholders and their designee |  |  | (2,022 | )
Other payables and accrued expenses |  |  | (965 | )
|  |  | 166,731 |
Less: Transaction costs paid in cash |  |  | (14,430 | )
Tax effect of the Share Exchange Transaction |  |  | (39,060 | )
|  |  | 113,241 |
Schedule Of Business Acquisition Additional Purchase Price [Table Text Block] | As further additional purchase price, certain State Harvest Shareholders and their designee will be issued an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of common stock of Agritech for any of the next four years if, on a consolidated basis, Agritech generates after-tax profits (excluding after-tax operating profits from any subsequent acquisitions of securities that have a dilutive effect and before the expenses of this transaction and director and employee option expense) of at least the following amounts:
|  | After-tax profit |
|  | US$ |
Twelve months ended June 30, |  |  |  |
2006 |  |  | 11,000 |
2007 |  |  | 16,000 |
2008 |  |  | 21,000 |
2009 |  |  | 29,000 |

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