ITCPH

OUR VISION
"The emergence of dynamic and self-sustaining rural communities of organized pig farmers doing profitable business in a globally competitive environment."
OUR MISSION
"To be known as a Center of Excellence in practical training and information dissemination on pig technology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region."
CENTER BACKGROUND
ATI-International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ATI-ITCPH) is one of the 17 training centers of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) whose mother agency is the Department of Agriculture.
ATI-ITCPH takes pride in its comprehensive and practice-oriented trainings on swine production and related aspects. Its "learning by doing" principle enhances not only your knowledge but moreso, your skills on improved swine management. The Center's course curricula are carefully evaluated to suit your specific working conditions, and needs of our various valued clientele.

ATI-ITCPH Clientele
ATI-ITCPH is a government-training center dedicated to the empowerment of our clientele to enable them to achieve their goals of productivity and profitability. Our clientele includes (non) government extension workers, farmers, entrepreneurs, private extension service providers, agricultural teachers and professors, members of rural-based organizations and cooperatives, and interested private individuals.

Brief History
The Center started in June 1985 as a foreign-assisted project under the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and was initially located at the Alabang Stock Farm in Muntinlupa. It was jointly established by the Philippine and Netherlands governments.
They conducted their courses in different places. Lectures were done in a residential house in BF Homes Parañaque which was also used as the participants' dormitory. For practical classes, the participants were transported in a tractor to the Stockfarm.
Its pioneer employees were hired as contractual workers and mostly from BAI. Some of these pioneers went to Lipa City in 1989 although they were not assured of a permanent position in the government.
The maiden issue of the ITCPH Newsletter was published in December 1986.
Between 1988 to 1989, the Management Team of the ITCPH Project shopped for a suitable "home". And, they found a suitable site in Lipa City with the land provided by the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Regional Office. The 7.2 hectare land was previously planted with guyabano trees and "talahib" grass. In 1989, ITCPH finally settled in its present location in Marawoy, Lipa City.
In September 1989, ITCPH was inaugurated under the Bureau of Animal Industry. During the second phase of the project, the Center was institutionalized under the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute with 39 plantilla positions, a remarkable event that signified that ITCPH is here to stay even after the Netherlands assistance.
Initially, ITCPH offered only 4 courses, namely: National Course for Extensionists, Agricultural Teachers Course, International Course and Private Course for Semi-Commercial Swine Raisers. Now, the Center is offering 13 different courses on pigs and its related aspects.
In 1998, it became a regular government agency. It became the only specialized training center of ATI.
Since then, ATI-ITCPH had continued to sustain and improve its programs and services.