umes ▁and ▁other ▁nit ro gen - fix ing ▁plants ▁that ▁form ▁root ▁nod ules ▁in ▁the ▁soil ▁in ▁association ▁with ▁b acter ia , ▁G . ▁dia z ot roph icus ▁lives ▁within ▁the ▁inter cell ular ▁spaces ▁of ▁the ▁sugar c ane ' s ▁stem . ▁Co ating ▁se eds ▁with ▁the ▁b acter ia ▁is ▁a ▁newly ▁developed ▁technology ▁that ▁can ▁enable ▁every ▁c rop ▁species ▁to ▁fix ▁nit ro gen ▁for ▁its ▁own ▁use . ▁ ▁Cond itions ▁for ▁sugar c ane ▁workers ▁At ▁least ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁are ▁estimated ▁to ▁have ▁died ▁of ▁chron ic ▁kid ney ▁disease ▁( CK D ) ▁in ▁Central ▁America ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁two ▁dec ades ▁– ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁sugar ▁can e ▁workers ▁along ▁the ▁Pacific ▁coast . ▁This ▁may ▁be ▁due ▁to ▁working ▁long ▁hours ▁in ▁the ▁heat ▁without ▁ade qu ate ▁fluid ▁int ake . ▁ ▁Process ing ▁▁ ▁Trad itionally , ▁sugar c ane ▁processing ▁requires ▁two ▁stages . ▁M ills ▁extract ▁raw ▁sugar ▁from ▁fresh ly ▁har v ested ▁can e ▁and ▁" mill - white ” ▁sugar ▁is ▁sometimes ▁produced ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁stage ▁at ▁sugar - ext raction ▁mill s , ▁intended ▁for ▁local ▁consumption . ▁Sug ar ▁cry st als ▁appear ▁naturally ▁white ▁in ▁color ▁during ▁the ▁cry st all ization ▁process . ▁Sul fur ▁dio x ide ▁is ▁added ▁to ▁in hib it ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁color - ind uc ing ▁mole cules ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁to ▁stabil