The study of Innovation Intermediary Organisations (IIOs) has gained great interest; these are perceived as important agents in connecting knowledge supply and demand in the context of national systems of innovation (NSI). 1 This topic has been incorporated into the agricultural sector analysis, particularly in developed countries. 2-4 Accordingly, IIOs must meet a set of specific functions. The aim of this paper is to propose a classification of functions more akin to the characteristics of the Mexican agriculture innovation system, and test this classification with the Produce Foundations (PFs), a specific type of IIO operating in the Mexican agricultural sector. The data for this paper is based on a survey applied to the managers of PFs. Composite indicators are constructed and kernel density graphs are employed. This paper argues that the PFs fulfil some functions that are similar to those of other IIOs in the agricultural sector in developed economies such as the articulation of the demand, intermediation and network formation, and managing innovation. However, a new function emerges as relevant, which is the identification and integration of the offer of R&D and technological solutions, and the PFs also have to fulfil some specific activities that are related to the content of developing countries, such as diffusion of the understanding of the existence of knowledge supply and demand markets, and the promotion of collective learning in order to achieve higher levels of innovativeness. After the introduction, section 2 reviews the literature related to IIOs and their functions in the agricultural sector. Section 3 describes the main features of the PFs as IIOs; Section 4 discusses conceptual framework; Section 5 describes the research methods; Section 6 presents the results and discusses, and finally Section 7 concludes.Citation: Dutrénit G, Vera-Cruz AO. Fostering innovation in the agriculture sector: The case of intermediary organisations in Mexico. Open Access J Sci. 2018;2(2):95-107.Citation: Dutrénit G, Vera-Cruz AO. Fostering innovation in the agriculture sector: The case of intermediary organisations in Mexico. Open Access J Sci. 2018;2(2):95-107.