Could growing genetically modified mustard be the answer to oil shortages in India? Each year India spends billions of dollars importing 70 percent of its cooking oil from other countries like Argentina, Malaysia and Brazil.

We speak to a farmer struggling to make a profit growing un-modified mustard crops. We also explore the debate in India around genetically modified food crops and speak to one farmer already growing genetically modified cotton.

Presenter / producer: Devina Gupta Image: Cotton farmer Ganesh Nanote; Credit: Ganesh Nanote

How Peru went from having virtually no blueberry plantations to being the world's top exporter in just ten years.

In this episode Stefania Gozzer visits a plantation in the region of Ica and hears from experts, firms and farmers about the key developments that made blueberries growing such a success, despite Peru’s ongoing political crises.

Presenter / producer: Stefania Gozzer Image: Blueberry farmer; Credit: BBC

Why are so many young French people feeling demotivated and quitting their jobs?

Sabrina Teresi had a high-paying job as an engineer. She’d studied for years to qualify. She enjoyed the job at first but soon felt demotivated and after 3 years decided to quit.

Polls show more and more young workers are struggling to find the energy to do their job, suffering from boredom and quitting their jobs. Is France facing an epidemic of laziness? Or are companies simply not adapting fast enough to new ways of working?

Presenter / producer: Joshua Thorpe Image: Sabrina Teresi; Credit: Sabrina Teresi

Increasingly, US companies are 'nearshoring' - moving their operations closer to home.

Cities in the north of Mexico, like Monterrey, are seeing a manufacturing boom.

We speak to some of the companies who are cashing in, and ask, is this a renaissance that will last?

Plus we look at other countries who are trying to get a share of the market.

Presenter/producer: Samira Hussain

(Image: Truck at the Mexico/US border. Credit: Getty Images)

Non-alcoholic and low alcohol beer is a rapidly growing market, as consumers search for healthy alternatives.

Bill Shufelt started Athletic Brewing with his partner, brewmaster John Walker in 2018.

Speaking to Dougal Shaw, Bill Shufelt explains how he sees the alcohol free beer market, and describes his 'career change moment'.

Presenter/producer Dougal Shaw.

(Image: Bill Shufelt at his brewery. Credit: Getty Images)

As the price of food increases, we speak to Muslims to find out how it has affected their Iftar - the fast-breaking evening meal during the holy month of Ramadan. It is often a lavish family meal, but price rises mean that people are having to make changes.

We hear from women in Somalia, Canada, Pakistan and the UK who are all facing a slightly different Ramadan, and Eid, this year.

Presented by Emb Hashmi with reporting from Ahmed Adan Editors: Carmel O'Grady and Helen Thomas

(Photo: Fatuma and her family in Somalia. Credit: BBC)

The South American country is famous for its steaks, ribs, and milanesa. It is the second largest home market for beef in the world, and the fifth biggest exporter.

But with soaring inflation, this much loved staple is becoming unaffordable for ordinary people.

We look at the country’s love affair with beef and what measures the government is taking to protect it.

Producer/presenter: Natalio Cosoy

(Image: Porfirio Dávalos at his Friday barbecue. Credit: BBC)

Prices are around 45% more expensive than equivalent trips elsewhere, and it's often cheaper to fly out of the continent and back in.

We look at the reasons Africans are paying higher fares for both internal and international flights, the impact this is having on business and tourism, plus the wider impact on the African economy.

Producer/ presenter: Rebecca Kesby

(Image: A plane on a runway in Nothern Africa. Credit: Getty Images)

Has people using less cash and higher tip suggestions on pay terminals increased expectation on customers?

Tipping has a long history in the United States, but there is evidence that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the culture and percentages involved.

Presenter Rick Kelsey speaks to waiting staff in New York, travel experts and explores the legal rules around tipping.

Presented and produced by Rick Kelsey

(Image: Someone placing dollars into a tip jar. Credit: Getty Images)

It sounds like a movie script, like Jurassic Park, but Australian scientists are actually aiming to 'de-extinct' an animal.

The Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine, became extinct in 1936, nearly 90 years ago.

It's native to Australia, and thanks to millions of dollars of funding via a US-based biotech company, Colossal Biosciences, research is underway which could bring it back to life.

Sam Clack finds out why the project has attracted funding from a host of celebrity backers and asks whether science fiction could become reality?

Produced and presented by Sam Clack.

(Image: Tasmanian Tigers. Credit: Getty Images)

How did the musical manage to run for a record breaking 35 years? And why is it closing?

As the curtain comes down on the Phantom in New York's famous Broadway theatre district, we look at what this means for the theatre industry.

The Phantom of the Opera has played to more than 140 million people around the world, it’s sold 20 million tickets, and been performed in 33 countries. But whilst the global tours will keep going, this weekend the show is closing in New York.

Actor Jonathan Roxmouth played the Phantom on a world tour, and tells us about the shows impact across the globe.

Matt Rousu is a professor of economics and runs the website ‘Broadway Economics’ - he talks through the fine margins that shows like Phantom operate within.

And Kizzy Cox reports from Broadway where she meets fans, speaks to veteran theatre critic Ben Brantley, and talks to Jan Mullen, an orchestra musician who has been with The Phantom of the Opera since it opened in 1986.

Presenter/ producer: Izzy Greenfield

(Image: Jonathan Roxmouth plays 'The Phantom' and Meghan Picerno plays 'Christine Daae' in The Phantom Of The Opera, 2019 in Singapore. Credit: Getty Images)

Almost everything electronic is powered by chips. But the global semiconductor industry has been beset by the Covid pandemic, conflict, and economic slowdown. Despite the challenges, it's set to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030.

Alex Bell takes an exclusive look inside one of Europe's biggest chip manufacturing factories - GlobalFoundries' plant in Dresden, Germany - to find out how chipmakers are preparing for the future.

Presenter / producer: Alex Bell

(Picture: The GlobalFoundries plant in Dresden, Germany. Credit: Getty Images.)