10 April, Minsk /BELTA/. The Committee of State Control of Belarus is checking how agricultural organisations store fertilisers. The head of the control department, Alexander Yakobson, personally inspected the situation with fertiliser storage, as reported to BELTA by the press service of the CSC. The issue of mineral fertiliser storage was highlighted by the President of Belarus during his visit to the Minsk region. The President instructed the State Control Committee to study issues related to storage conditions and the preservation of fertilisers. Currently, CSC specialists are examining this issue in agricultural organisations across the country. The Chairman of the Committee, Alexander Yakobson, inspected fertiliser storage in the Grodno region. He visited the agricultural production cooperative "Orlya" in the Shchuchin district. At this farm, fertilisers had not yet been transported to the fields. Moreover, they were stored in unsuitable conditions: the warehouse roof was leaking, the wall was enclosed with fragments of roofing slate, there was a large amount of rubbish, and free access to the premises. It is difficult to speak of a positive effect from the further application of these fertilisers in the fields. During storage in such conditions, they became saturated with precipitation and meltwater, and petrified. "Such an approach is unacceptable," said the head of the CSC, not hiding his indignation at what he saw. "The country imports nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers, and yet, due to individual negligent managers, the state funds spent yield no return." In this regard, Alexander Yakobson tasked the State Control Committee of the Grodno region to assess the damage and ensure its recovery from those responsible. Furthermore, local authorities have been instructed to immediately rectify the identified violations and bring the fertiliser storage facilities into order. During his trip around the Grodno region, he also familiarised himself with the state of affairs at enterprises receiving state support. For example, the open joint-stock company "Glass Factory 'Neman'" has been receiving state support since 2006. Through financial investments, it has been possible to update more than 70% of the active part of fixed assets and modernise the enterprise. Nevertheless, the glass factory failed to meet the conditions for granting state support. Alexander Yakobson discussed the reasons for this and what should be done to prevent the situation from recurring with the enterprise's management.