The local action group Leader manages projects to support young farmers, as in the case of Jordi Serapio, owner of the farm on the Ca n'Andreu d'es Plamer estate.

Jordi Serapio planned to plant fig trees in the summer of 2021, "a tree that I particularly like, from the land and with commercial possibilities". Leader proposed to the owner of the farm to test a new irrigation system that saves water and fertilizer, developed by the German company Secalflor.

Serapio "didn't even have to think about it." He finds any water efficiency plan interesting. The farmer's commitment to the Secalflor company is to report on the growth of the trees and so be able to assess the success of the Secalflor panels. The company will work closely with the project to monitor soil moisture in real time.

Ca n'Andreu d'es Palmer is the first farm to test this system in the Balearic Islands. According to Agustí Fernández, a technician from the Leader Group, this system consists of panels/mats made of fully compostable plant and mineral fibers that work like a sponge, absorbing and storing water from both irrigation and rain and then gradually returning it to the soil. A technique that aims to maximize the use of water during these times.

Dagmar Grote, agricultural biologist at Secalflor, together with the inventor of the system, Dietmar Schmetsdorf, explained how the panels help the plant to better absorb nutrients and water from the soil and how the organic composition serves as a fertilizer.

They hope to have results soon on this farm, the site of the first trial of its kind on Ibiza and Formentera. In addition to cultivation, the panels have other potential uses, as Grote explains: for example, on green roofs or as a covering for areas at risk of erosion.