Jenks took charge of the agricultural policy of the BUF , seeking to lead Britain to agricultural autarky . He called for import controls and the establishment of an Agricultural Land Bank in order to make farm debt more manageable as well as an Agricultural Corporation to fix prices and fit in with the BUF corporatist economic policy . Landowners who were seen to be misusing their land would also be subject to compulsory purchase , with a Volunteer Land Army established to restore the reclaimed territory . Whilst Jenks ' ideas were never put into practice it has been argued that they did affect government policy , as moves towards agricultural self-sufficiency became the cornerstone of policy in the late 1940s whilst earlier initiatives such as the British Empire Economic Conference and Import Duties Act 1932 also borrowed from Jenks ' protectionist vision . Similarly the Defence Regulations included DR49 which allowed for compulsory land purchase , whilst the Agriculture Act 1947 allowed for price-fixing as Jenks had suggested
British Empire Economic Conference
British Empire Economic Conference
Jorian Jenks