Before, only agriculture had been the main industry here. Due to the abundance of bamboo trees growing everywhere, even bordering the houses like fences, the people had done some bamboo basketry, but which had brought only some little extra income being only a supplementary job. But these days bamboo basketwork has become the main occupation of the people. The bamboo varieties have captured outsiders’ interests, with the result that the Bang Chao Cha bamboo products have become OTOP products of high quality, or really of export quality.