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).

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

References
  1. Botanical Abstracts, Volumes 7-8 Williams & Wilkins 1921
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