Buchizya Mseteka of Reuters today filed a report based on projections from the Southern African Development Community indicating that maize harvests may be down because of reduced initial plantings in the face of E l Nino as well as late rains in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana and southern Zambia. Excessive rains are expected for much of Tanzania, Malawi, Swaziland and Mozambique, with normal crops for all but Tanzania. However, while import needs are up, the problem is not as great as anticipated. The UN World Food Programme last month had already predicted there would be no catastrophic shortfall.