Other complementary departments include Technology & Commercial Information Promotion System (TIPS), Food & Nutrition Council (FNC), Business Operations Unit (BOU) as well as strategic business units (SBUs): Zimbabwe Technological Solutions (ZTS) and ZTS Seeds. 

The Centre also has supporting units that include Finance; Internal Audit; Communication, Information and Public Relations; Transport/Logistics; Human Resources; Purchasing and Security. Its farming operations grow potato seed; foundation seed for its flagship Sirdamaize 113 hybrid seed; commercial maize; soya beans and sugar beans all at a commercial scale. The Centre has adopted a business approach to all its activities anchored by the Stage Gate Process with an ultimate goal of attaining financial independence.