Kowace shekara, duk ƙasashen da ke riƙe da matsayi na manyan masana'antun shayi na duniya suna yin bikin Ranar Shayi ta Duniya (Ranar Duniya) biki ne na ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffi kuma mafi inganci abubuwan sha a Duniya.
Manufar ranar ita ce jan hankalin gwamnatoci da ‘yan kasa kan matsalolin sayar da shayi, alakar da ke tsakanin sayar da shayi da halin da ma’aikatan shayin, kananan masu kerawa da masu saye ke ciki. Kuma, ba shakka, shaharar wannan abin sha.
An yanke shawarar yin bikin ranar shayi ta duniya a ranar 15 ga Disamba ne bayan tattaunawa akai-akai a yawancin kungiyoyin kasa da kasa da kungiyoyin kwadago, yayin taron tattaunawa na Duniya, wanda aka gudanar a 2004 a Mumbai (Mumbai, Indiya) da 2005 a Port Allegra (Porte Allegre, Brazil ). A wannan ranar ne aka zartar da sanarwar Duniya game da Hakkokin Ma'aikatan Shayi a cikin 1773.
Dangane da haka, Ranar Shayi ta Duniya ana yin ta galibi daga ƙasashe waɗanda tattalin arzikinsu game da batun shayi ya shafi ɗayan manyan wurare - Indiya, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Uganda, Tanzania.
Manufofin Kungiyar Kasuwanci ta Duniya game da cinikayyar kasa da kasa sun dauka cewa kasashe masu samar da kayayyaki za su bude iyakokinsu don kasuwanci. Farashin kayayakin shayi ya kasance yana sauka a hankali a duk ƙasashe, tare da rashin tsabta game da sanya farashin shayi.
An lura da ƙari mai yawa a cikin masana'antar shayi, amma ana sarrafa wannan lamarin yayin da ake tura fa'idodi zuwa alamomin duniya. Kamfanoni na duniya suna iya siyan shayi a farashi mafi ƙasƙanci, yayin da masana'antar shayi ke fuskantar babban garambawul ko'ina. Tana nuna kanta cikin wargajewa da rashin daidaituwa a matakin shuka shayi da haɓakawa a matakin ƙira.
An yi imanin cewa sarki na biyu na kasar Sin, Shen Nung, ya gano shayi a matsayin abin sha, a kusan 2737 BC, lokacin da sarki ya tsoma ganyen shayi a cikin kofin ruwan zafi. Shin yana yiwuwa a yi tunanin cewa yanzu muna shan shayi ɗaya wanda sarkin China ya ɗanɗana kusan shekaru dubu 5 da suka gabata!
A shekara ta 400-600 Miladiyya. A kasar Sin, sha'awar shayi a matsayin abin sha na magani yana girma, sabili da haka hanyoyin noman shayi na bunkasa. A cikin Turai da Rasha, shayi ya zama sananne daga farkon rabin karni na 17. Kuma daya daga cikin sanannun abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin shayi na zamani shine hakan ya faru ne a shekarar 1773, lokacin da turawan mulkin mallaka na Amurka suka jefa kwalaye na shayi a tashar jirgin ruwan ta Boston don nuna adawa da harajin shayi na Burtaniya.
A yau, masu son shayi da yawa, ban da “girki”, suna ƙara ganye iri -iri, albasa, ginger, kayan yaji ko yanka lemu a cikin abin sha da suka fi so. Wasu mutane suna dafa shayi tare da madara ... Kasashe da yawa suna da nasu al'adun shayi na sha, amma abu ɗaya koyaushe - shayi yana ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi so a duniya.
Hutun, kodayake ba hukuma bane, wasu ƙasashe suna yin bikin shi (amma, galibi, waɗannan ƙasashen Asiya ne). A cikin Rasha, ana yin bikin ne kwanan nan kuma har yanzu ba a ko'ina ba - don haka, a cikin birane daban-daban, nune-nunen daban-daban, ajujuwan malanta, taron karawa juna sani, kamfen ɗin talla da aka keɓe don batun shayi kuma ana amfani da shi daidai har zuwa yau.