General Association of Rubber Planters on the East Coast of Sumatra

The General Association of Rubber Planters on the East Coast of Sumatra, Dutch: Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.), was a Dutch agricultural research station organization based near Medan, Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies. A.V.R.O.S. has an office building in Medan and a research station in "Kampong Baroe" (Baru) near Medan. A.V.R.O.S. conducted and published research on commercial plantings.^[1]

A.V.R.O.S. office in Medan (1920s)

A.V.R.O.S. research station in Kampong Baroe (Baru village)

In 1967, the name changed into BKS-PPS (Badan Kerja Sama Perusahaan Perkebunan Sumatera, Sumatra Plantation Companies Partnership Board).

Gallery

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  The library at the A.V.R.O.S. experimental station circa 1925
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  Roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa crop at the field station of the AVROS
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  Pathology lab at the field station
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  Field crops
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  Pathology lab
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  Workers at the pathology lab
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