Dataset for modelling agronomic and environmental performances of rainfed rice based cropping systems with or without legume in Magadascar

This dataset provide data for calibration and evaluation of the model Stics in the specific context of malagasy higlands with rice cultivar Nerica 4. Data include soil moisture and N initialization, fertilization applied (quality and quantity), cropping practices, data on rice biomass and grain, N in biomass and grain for two cropping seasons (2016/217 and 2017/2018) at Ivory station (19°33’18.90’’ lat. S, 46°24'53.83’’ long. E, 930 m a‧s‧l.).