Agriculture is the most important career of the people in ching rai . The crops here are rice, corn, tea and tobacco. There are big orchards where people grow lychees,longans,pineapple and oranges. Flowers,such as roses and carnation are grownhere too. In addition,there are pig and poultry farms. Chiang rai is well-known for silk and also cottage industries,such as pottery,wood carving and handicrafts made from teak wood