eng Enviro Research Publishers Current Agriculture Research Journal 2347-4688 2321-9971 2025-04-30 13 1 362 375 24524 article Reshma Vattekkad 1 Manikandan Krishnan 1 Reji Krishna 2 Soumya Sahadevan 2 Dhanya Krishna 3 Dhanya Renuka 5 Department of Economics, The Gandhigram Rural Institute (DTBU), Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamilnadu Department of Commerce, Sree Narayana college Alathur Palakkad, Kerala. Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University PSMO College, Tirurangadi (Affiliated to University of Calicut) Department of Commerce, TKMM College, Nangiarkulangara (Affiliated to University of Kerala) Using the annual dataset from 1991–2020, the present investigation aims to analyse the impact of climatic factors such as average yearly rainfall, average yearly temperature and carbon dioxide emission, as well as non-climatic factors such as fertiliser usage and area under production, on horticulture production (HP) in India.  The auto-regressive distributed lag model was employed in the study to verify long and short-term cointegration.  The results of the bound testing method validated that the underlying variables have a stable and long-term relationship.  According to Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model estimations, short-term and long-term rainfall improves HP with coefficient value of 0.18 and 0.24, respectively.  On the other hand, carbon dioxide emissions have a detrimental long-term impact (0.04), whereas area, temperature and fertilizer have a negative impact on horticultural production in the short run with a value of -0.32, -0.20 and -0.12 respectively.  These results have significant policy ramifications for India.  To lessen cultivation of horticulture susceptibility to these above-mentioned factors, for instance, better varieties of crops should be introduced through formal institutions under relaxed conditions and low borrowing rates.  Policymakers should encourage climate-resilient crop types through low-interest loans and institutional assistance in order to increase horticulture resilience. Promoting organic agricultural methods can improve soil health over the long run by lowering reliance on chemical fertilisers. Furthermore, horticultural output may be sustained in the face of changing environmental and climatic difficulties by investing in carbon capture technology in agriculture. https://www.agriculturejournal.org/volume13number1/evaluating-the-influence-of-climatic-and-non-climatic-factors-on-horticultural-production-in-india-an-ardl-approach/ ARDL; Carbon Dioxide Emission; Horticultural Production; Organic farming; Rainfall; Temperature