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<p>In order to ensure sustainable support for innovations in agriculture, innovation support service (ISS) providers must intervene in timely and efficient manner, hence the need for emphasis on their capacity for providing these services. In the last decade, many donor-funded resources have been channelled into developing and applying capacity frameworks, especially within the context of north-south collaboration. While most of these frameworks have focused on public bodies, strengthening capacities of private and third sector organisations for supporting innovations in agriculture and agrifood sector have been limited. Impelled by this knowledge gap, the EU-Africa research project<br>(SERVInnov) has developed the ‘Organisational Capacity Assessment approach for Innovation’ (OCATI). in this contribution, we introduce this approach and present findings from its application in Cameroon and Madagascar. </p>