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Difference-in-differences (DID) estimates were used to assess impacts on mothers\u2019 food consumption, diversity, BMI, prevalence of underweight (BMI &amp;lt; 18\u00b75 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) and anaemia, and deficiencies of iron (ID) and vitamin A (VAD).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980019001599_as3\"><jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Kalal\u00e9 district, northern Benin.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980019001599_as4\"><jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Non-pregnant mothers aged 15\u201349 years (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 1737).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980019001599_as5\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The SMG programme significantly increased mothers\u2019 intake of vegetables (DID = 25\u00b731 percentage points (pp); <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0\u00b701), dietary diversity (DID = 0\u00b774; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0\u00b701) and marginally increased their intake of flesh foods (DID = 10\u00b714 pp; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0\u00b71). Mean BMI was significantly increased among SMG WG compared with the other three groups (DID = 0\u00b744 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0\u00b705). The SMG programme also significantly decreased the prevalence of anaemia (DID = 12\u00b786 pp; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0\u00b701) but no impacts were found for the prevalence of underweight, ID and VAD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980019001599_as6\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Improving mothers\u2019 dietary intake and anaemia prevalence supports the need to integrate gender-based agriculture to improve nutritional status. 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