John Keyser is a Senior Agriculture Economist in the World Bank’s Agriculture and Food Global Practice (AGF). Having worked in Sri Lanka from 2021 to 2025 he is currently based in Rwanda. He is the author of several World Bank research papers and policy notes on regional agriculture trade, seed and fertilizer policy, and costs of compliance with trade requirements. He has over 30 years of operational and policy research experience with different organizations including FAO, IFAD, USAID and others in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe.