This study was conducted in Degahbour Woreda of Jarar Zone, Somali Regional State, Ethiopiarnwith the objectives of assessing camel milk productivity, marketing channel and its effect onrnpastoralist livelihood. The study employed a combination of descriptive and explanatory followedrnwith cross sectional design. Multi stage sampling techniques were used to select 155 householdrnheads. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and thereby give answers for the basicrnresearch questions, mixed research approach was used. Both primary and secondary data sourcesrnwere used to collect a data. Structured questionnaires and check lists were used to collect thernprimary source of the data. The data were entered, manipulated, organized and analyzed usingrnSPSS version 23 and Excel. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to identify andrndetermine the household income. According to the study findings some of the explanatory variablesrnincluding age of the household head, amount of camel milk produced per camel in wet season,rnamount of camel milk produced per camel in dry season, number of lactating camels owned andrnprice of camel milk in dry season are linearly associated with the income of household andrnstatistically affect the household income with a 0.05 level of significance. Pastoralist respondentsrnwell-known that the income they get from camel milk sales allows them to cover most of their dailyrnhousehold needs and expense. Camel milk is means of income especially for the pastoralistrncommunity that plays a great economic contribution and livelihood for pastoralist households.rnDifferent camel milk production constraints and marketing were identified, especially shortage ofrnforage, diseases and parasites and scarcity of water were the major constraints of milk production,rnwhereas lack of transportation and poor infrastructures were the main milk marketing during thernstudy, therefore the Woreda, livestock and pastoralist development office along with its partnersrnshould have to improve the above mentioned problems, in order to improve the milk productionrnand marketing of the pastoralist in the study area.rnKey words: Camel milk, productivity, marketing channel, livelihood.