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iopia Regional State (SERS) mainly rely on livestock farming and some crop production. However, rapid population growth and climate change increase pressure on their livelihoods. Overgrazing and extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, drive land degradation, cause soil erosion and loss of vegetation. In addition, gully erosion in dry valleys (DVs) worsens these impacts, leading to biodiversity loss, sedimentation of water bodies, flooding, and damage to infrastructure. Together, these challenges threaten land productivity and the well-being of local communities. Objective The GIZ project "Capacity Development for Strengthened Drought Resilience of (Agro-) Pastoralists in the Lowlands of Ethiopia" (CDSDR III) promotes sustainable and productive management of dry valleys and adjacent land by pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in the Ethiopian lowlands at the operatio