The study was conducted in 2008 in 17 villages in the Municipalities
of Omereque and Rio Chico placed relatively close north and south of
Bolivia's Capital Sucre. In both regions the tomato is of growing economic
interest for export to the markets in the big cities, such as Sucre. The
municipality of Omereque has a population of 5148 inhabitants and is
situated at an altitude of 1550mabove sea level having an annual average
temperature of 23.0 °C and an average precipitation of 641 mm.
Rio Chico has 10,630 inhabitants, is situated at an altitude of 1860 m
and has an average annual temperature and precipitation of 22.8 °C
and 506 mm, respectively.
2.2. Sampling