In  2002 TSURO held a conference that was pivotal in its history. The meeting which was held at the Chikukwa Permaculture Centre brought together representatives from several wards of Chimanimani District and launched the TSURO dzeChimanimani Association. The representatives at the conference elected a management committee that was the forerunner of a District Board, which included traditional leadership representation. A number of traditional leaders attended the conference and blessed it with traditional rites.

The 2002 conference gave birth to a vision for the district by delegates in attendance. Delegates urged TSURO to look beyond permaculture/sustainable agriculture practices and to incorporate processing and marketing of agricultural products and issues relating to health and nutrition. A marketing survey done in 2003 saw TSURO adding two more interventions in its operations, viz: Community Health and Community-based Agro-processing and Marketing in 2004  The aforementioned 3 areas of focus have been TSURO’s business for several years and in the year 2020, the Community Health Component was rebranded to Public Environmental Health and the Community-based Agro-processing and Marketing component was rebranded to Economic Strengthening/Livelihoods.

A variety of stakeholders and TSURO representatives participate in strategic planning workshops for the three areas of focus: Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Economic strengthening /livelihoods, Public Environmental Health.