Two old Turkish women in the village of Lapathos, which has a mixed community of Greek and Turkish Cypriots 8,000 failies in the district received WFP drought relief supplies. - - Drought Relief.. Severe drought in 1969/70 in the Massaoria plain (between Nicosia and Famagusta) caused losses of up to three quarters of wheat and barley crop (about 50% of the total production of Cyprus). The loss in terms of cash to the farmers was US$5 million, and a