A watan Nuwamba 2019, taro na 74 na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya zarce tare da ayyana ranar 21 ga Mayu a matsayin "Ranar Shayi ta Duniya" a kowace shekara.Tun daga wannan lokacin, duniya tana da bikin da ya dace da masoya shayi.

Wannan ƙaramin ganye ne, amma ba ƙaramin ganye ba.An san shayi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan sha uku na lafiya a duniya.Fiye da mutane biliyan 3 a duniya suna son shan shayi, wanda ke nufin mutum 2 cikin 5 na shan shayi.Kasashen da suka fi son shayi su ne Turkiyya, Libya, Maroko, Ireland, da Ingila.Akwai kasashe sama da 60 a duniya dake samar da shayi, kuma yawan shayin ya haura tan miliyan 6.China, Indiya, Kenya, Sri Lanka, da Turkiyya sune kasashe biyar masu samar da shayi a duniya.Tare da yawan jama'a biliyan 7.9, fiye da mutane biliyan 1 suna gudanar da ayyukan da suka shafi shayi.Shayi dai shi ne ginshikin noma a wasu kasashe matalauta kuma shi ne tushen samun kudin shiga.

Kasar Sin ita ce asalin shayi, kuma shayin Sinawa na duniya ana san shi da "Ganyen Sirrin Gabas".A yau, wannan ɗan ƙaramin "Leaf Allah na Gabas" yana motsawa zuwa matakin duniya a cikin kyakkyawan matsayi.

A ranar 21 ga Mayu, 2020, muna bikin ranar shayi ta duniya ta farko.