Originally published on the Guyana Chronicle
LINDENER and graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guyana, Tandika Harry, is this year’s Guyana Innovation Prize Winner, with her submission of her own invention, BeeStarch. Harry who is an agriculture scientist and an employee at the National Agricultural Research Extension Institute (NAREI), innovated her very own product using bee wax and cassava starch. This product is a unique and all-natural, soon-to-be patented coating, to extend the freshness and shelf life, as well as to enhance the taste, texture and sweetness (when applicable), to locally-grown fruits and vegetables.
With this invention, Guyana can see more fruits and vegetables being exported and meeting international standards by remaining fresh. Harry was among six applicants who participated in the Guyana Economic Development Trust- Guyana Innovation Prize Programme.
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