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Anon. (2005) The Scale and Scope of Impacts of Talking Pictures - Dairy amongst Smallholder Dairy Producers in Coastal Tanzania Project Case Study No. 1. Llangefni, UK, Stirling Thorne Associates. 2pp.
Anon. (2005) Using Talking Pictures - Dairy to Reduce Supplement Wastage in Late Lactation Project Case Study No. 2. Llangefni, UK, Stirling Thorne Associates. 2pp.
Dijkman, J.T. and Thorne, P.J. (2005) Talking Pictures - Dairy. Field Guide. Training Document No.5, Llangefni, U.K Stirling Thorne Associates. pp 8.
Dijkman, J.T. and Thorne, P.J. (2005) Talking Pictures - Dairy. Frequently Asked Questions. Training Document No.2, Llangefni, U.K Stirling Thorne Associates. pp 5.
Msangi, B.S.J., Bryant, M.J. and Thorne, P.J. (2005) Some factors affecting variation in milk yield in crossbred dairy cows on smallholder farms in north-east Tanzania. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 37: 403 - 412.
Thorne, P.J. (2005) Talking Pictures - Dairy. Design Notes for Effective Guides. Training Document No. 3, Llangefni, U.K Stirling Thorne Associates. pp 7.
Thorne, P.J. (2005) Talking Pictures - Dairy. Guide to Effective Picture Taking. Training Document No. 4, Llangefni, U.K Stirling Thorne Associates. pp 16.
Thorne, P.J. and Dijkman, J.T. (2005) Drastic - A Dairy Rationing System for the Topics. Incorporating Talking Pictures - Dairy; A Pictorial Extension Tool. User Manual. Llangefni, U.K Stirling Thorne Associates. pp 49.
Thorne, P.J., Dijkman, J.T. and Alderson, E. (2005) Talking Pictures - Dairy. Field Guide. What is Talking Pictures - Dairy. Training Document No.1, Llangefni, U.K. Stirling Thorne Associates. pp 8.
Thorne, P.J., Thornton, P.K. and Robinson, T.J. (2005) Extrapolate Version 1.0. A Discussion-Decision Support Tool for Assessing the Impacts of Policy Changes on the Poor. Rome, Italy. Food and Agriculture Organisation. Pro-poor Livestock Policy Initiative. 48pp.
Thorne, P.J. (2004) Pig Raising in Northern Lao PDR. Participatory Livestock Development Project. Working Paper No. 4. CIAT (Vientiane, Lao PDR) and ILRI (Nairobi, Kenya). 38pp.
Dijkman, J.T. and Thorne, P.J. (2003) Talking Pictures. DfID-LPP Project R7855 - Final Technical Report. Part I. Llangefni, U.K, Stirling Thorne Associates. 13pp.
Romney, D.L., Thorne, P.J., Lukuyu, B. and Thornton, P.K. (2003) Maize as food and feed in intensive smallholder systems: management options for improved integration in mixed farming systems of east and southern Africa. Field Crops Research, 84: 159 - 168.
Thorne, P.J., Thornton, P.K., Kruska, R.L., Reynolds, L., Waddington, S.R., Ruthrford, A.S. and Odero, A.N. (2003) Maize as Food, Feed and Fertiliser in Intensifying Crop-Livestock Systems in East and Southern Africa: An Ex-ante Impact Assessment of Technology Interventions to Improve Smallholder Welfare. ILRI Impact Assessment Series 11. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya. 123pp.
Thornton, P.K., Kristjanson, P.M. and Thorne, P.J. (2003) Measuring the potential impacts of food : feed crops: methods for ex ante assessment. Field Crops Research, 84: 199 - 212.
Thorne, P.J. and Tanner, J.C. (2002) Livestock and nutrient cycling in crop-animal systems in Asia. Agricultural Systems, 71: 111 - 126.
Delve, R.J., Cadisch, G., Tanner, J.C., Thorpe, W., Thorne, P.J. and Giller, K.E. (2001) Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 84: 227-243.
P.J. Thorne and J.T. Dijkman. (2001) Simple decision support for feed planning Rome, Italy. Food and Agriculture Organisation - AGRIPPA: Agri-publishing for People in Agriculture.
Thorne, P.J. (1999) Developing integrated models for application in crop-livestock systems. In: Proceedings of a Workshop on Ecoregional Research at ILRI. Addis Ababa, 5 - 8 October, 1998. eds. P.K. Thornton and A.N. Odero. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. International Livestock Research Institute. 105 - 121.
Thorne, P.J., Subba, D.B., Walker, D.H., Thapa, B., Wood, C.D. and Sinclair, F.L. (1999) The basis of indigenous knowledge of tree fodder quality and its implications for the use of tree fodder in developing countries. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 81: 119 - 131.
Walker, D.H., Thorne, P.J., Sinclair, F.L., Thapa, B., Wood, C.D. and Subba, D.B. (1999) A systems approach to comparing indigenous and scientific knowledge : consistency and discriminatory power of indigenous and laboratory assessment of the nutritive value of tree fodder. Agricultural Systems, 62: 87 -103.
Delve, R.J., Tanner, J.C., Kimani, S., Giller, K.E., Cadisch, G. and Thorne, P.J. (1998) The effects of feed nitrogen and polyphenol levels on the fate of ingested nitrogen in steers and their implications for nitrogen cycling in mixed farming systems. In: Food, Lands and Livelihoods: Setting Agendas for Animal Science. International Conference held at the KARI Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 27 - 30 January, 1998. 143 - 144.
Msangi, B.S.J. Bryant, M.J., Dijkman, J.T. and Thorne, P.J. (1998) Characteristics of small scale dairying in urban, sub-urban and peri-urban areas of coastal Tanzania. In: Food, Lands and Livelihoods: Setting Agendas for Animal Science. International Conference held at the KARI Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 27 - 30 January, 1998. 9.
Romney, D.L., Tanner, J.C., Chui, J., Kenyanjui, M., Morton, J., Ndegwa, P., Kimari, A. and Thorne, P.J. (1998) Feed utilisation options for smallholder farmers. In: Food, Lands and Livelihoods: Setting Agendas for Animal Science. International Conference held at the KARI Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 27 - 30 January, 1998. 43 - 44.
Thorne, P.J. (1998) Crop Livestock Interactions. A Review of Opportunities for Developing Integrated Models. (Unpublished Consultants Report to the ILRI-SLP). Stirling Thorne Associates. Llangefni, UK. 67pp.
Thorne, P.J. and Herrero, M. (1998) The role of livestock in natural resources management. In: Food, Lands and Livelihoods. Proceedings of an International Conference held at the KARI Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 27 - 30 January, 1998. BSAS Occasional Publication no. 21. Edinburgh, UK. British Society of Animal Science. 87 - 94.
Thorne, P.J. Tanner, J.C. and Gurung, H.B. (1998) Patterns in the provision of feed resources for stall-fed ruminant livestock in the Nepal Himalaya. In: Food, Lands and Livelihoods: Setting Agendas for Animal Science. International Conference held at the KARI Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 27 - 30 January, 1998. 153 - 154.
Thorne, P.J., Sinclair, F.L. and Walker, D.H. (1997) Using local knowledge of the feeding value of tree fodder. Agroforestry Forum, 8 (2): 45 - 49.
Thorne, P.J. (1997) Modeling the effects of livestock on nutrient flows in mixed crop-livestock systems. In: Livestock and Sustainable Nutrient Cycling in Mixed Farming Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of an International Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 - 26 November, 1993. eds. J.M. Powell, S. Fernandez-Rivera., T.O. Williams and C. Renard. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, International Livestock Centre for Africa. 493 - 508.
Thorne, P.J., Walker, D.H., Subba, D.B., Wood, C.D., Sinclair. F.L. and Thapa, B. (1997) Predicting the nutritive value of tree fodder: consistency and complementarity between assessments made by Nepalese smallholder farmers and by laboratory techniques. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, 1997. 201.
Thorne, P.J. (1995) FRAME: A simulation of the consequences of farmers' decisions on the allocation of limited feed resources in mixed species livestock holdings. IVth International Symposium on Herbivore Nutrition, 11 - 15 September, 1995, Clermont Ferrand, France.
Romney, D.L., Thorne, P.J. and Thomas, D. (1994) Some animal-related factors influencing the cycling of nitrogen in mixed farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 49: 163 - 172.
Stirling, C.M., Rodrigo, V.L. and Thorne, P.J. (1994) Effect of growth temperature on the photosynthetic performance of immature maize. In: Resource Capture by Crops. Proceedings of the 52nd University of Nottingham Easter School. eds. J.L. Monteith, R.K. Scott and M.H. Unsworth. Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom. Nottingham University Press. 445 - 447.
Thorne, P.J. (1993) A physical and financial appraisal of a feeding system using combinations of low-nutrient-dense and concentrated feeds for growing pigs in the Solomon Islands. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad), 70: 78 - 82.
Thorne, P.J. (1993) Studies on the use of local animal feed resources in the Republic of Kiribati. In: Animal Production in Developing Countries. eds. M. Gill, E. Owen, G.E. Pollott and T.L.J. Lawrence. Occasional Publication No. 16, British Society of Animal Production, 239 - 240.
Thorne, P.J. (1992) Alternatives to imported compound feeds for growing pigs in the Solomon Islands. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad), 69: 141 - 144.
Thorne, P.J. (1992) Amino-acid composition and aspects of protein quality in expeller copra meals for pig feeding. Tropical Science, 32: 145 - 151.
Thorne, P.J. (1992) Current research on feeding strategies for livestock under atoll conditions. In: Review of Agricultural Development in the Atolls. Proceedings of an International Conference on Developing Agricultural Research Programs for Atolls, Pacific Harbour, Fiji, 19 - 23 November, 1990. ed. R.G. Chase. Apia, Western Samoa, USP/IRETA. 147 - 151.
Thorne, P.J. (1992) Developing the use of local feed resources for pigs and poultry in Kiribati. World Animal Review, 72: 20 - 25.
Thorne, P.J. and Carlaw, P.M. (1992) Stover quality in pearl millet Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad), 69: 191 - 193.
Thorne, P.J., Wiseman, J., Cole, D.J.A. and Machin, D.H. (1992) Effects of inclusion of copra meal in balanced diets supplemented with synthetic amino acids on growth and fat deposition and composition in growing pigs fed ad libitum at a constant temperature of 25°C. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 40: 31 - 40.
Thorne, P.J., Wiseman, J. and Cole, D.J.A. (1990) Copra Meal. In: Non-traditional Feed Sources for Use in Swine Production. eds. P.A. Thacker and R.N. Kirkwood. Stoneham, MA, Butterworths. 123 - 129.
Thorne, P.J., Wiseman, J., Cole, D.J.A. and Machin, D.H. (1989) The digestible and metabolizable energy value of copra meals and their prediction from chemical composition. Animal Production, 49: 459 - 466.
Thorne, P.J., Wiseman, J., Cole, D.J.A. and Machin, D.H. (1988) Use of diets containing high levels of copra meal for growing/finishing pigs and their supplementation to improve animal performance. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad), 65: 197 - 201.
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