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.