Leapfrog
A web and mobile platform for forest projects and agricultural supply chains
Track the work Check the evidence Follow the payment
Leapfrog is a digital platform and application being developed to connect field activities and commodity deliveries with the evidence needed to check what is due, what has been paid and to whom it was paid.
For project teams, producers and buyers working towards more accountable projects and supply chains.
Developed by REM and Milo Solutions
The missing link is often the record.
A delivery note, an attendance sheet, a photograph and a payment receipt may each tell part of the story. When they sit in separate systems, it becomes harder to establish who did the work or supplied the goods, how much they should receive, and whether the payment matches.
Leapfrog is designed to bring these records together so that teams and participants can check, explain and challenge what happened.
Follow the evidence
Connect activities and deliveries to the people, locations and supporting documents behind them.
Check what is due
Make agreed quantities, rates and conditions easier to review alongside amounts due and payment records.
Spot gaps earlier
Help teams identify missing evidence, inconsistent records and differences between expected and recorded payments.
THE WORKFLOW BEING DEVELOPED
From field evidence to a payment record
Record
Capture the activity or delivery, the people involved and supporting evidence, such as quantities, photographs or location data.
Review
Check the evidence against agreed rules, record corrections and approvals, and establish the amount due.
Reconcile
Link payments made through existing channels to the underlying records, then check receipt and investigate differences.
Designed around field realities
Development priorities include offline field recording, practical ways to include participants without smartphones, and careful handling of personal and location data. Consultation and testing with partners are shaping how Leapfrog fits into existing working practices and connects with other systems.
CURRENT PILOT FOCUS
Two settings. A shared record problem.
CAMEROON · FOREST RESTORATION
Connecting work and payment
With Iroko Analytics and CTFC, the pilot focuses on linking restoration activities and participation records with supporting evidence, amounts due and payment confirmation.
Part of Towards inclusive governance for forest carbon markets, led by Transparency International, with support from the UK FCDO’s FGMC2 programme.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA · COCOA
Connecting deliveries and payment
Working with NRE People, PlesLain and Cora, the pilot focuses on linking growers’ cocoa deliveries to quantities, agreed prices, amounts due and evidence of payment through existing channels.
Supported by The Waterloo Foundation through Scaling traceability to stop tropical deforestation.
Read more about Leapfrog pilots and development history, including our earlier charcoal traceability pilot in Côte d’Ivoire.
Working with similar challenges?
We welcome conversations with project teams, producer organisations, buyers and technical partners about practical uses for Leapfrog and opportunities for further testing.
Get in touch with REM