Make compost and use it in an area that has just been deforested, I have rarely seen something so useless... "smart" MC, but the author knows nothing so...
In addition to being useless it could even be counterproductive, making the soil too rich for what is planted.
I know potatoes quickly deplete the soil, but a forest with 500-year-old trees you can plant potatoes for a few years before you run out of nutrients and that even by killing life in the soil, which won't be the case here.
And there have even been studies that show you can create soil by planting potatoes. there is no need to make compost, you can put leaves and branches above the potatoes, you will produce potatoes and soil.