LONDON, Oct. 9 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it had identified 10 agribusiness firms prepared to invest $1 billion in Ukraine in the next year, part of a strategy to help its economy recover from conflict with pro-Russian rebels, Reuters reported.

The EBRD had sent a questionnaire to growers, food processors and in other agriculture-related business clients, seeking to find firms with plans to invest that might use the bank's help.