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Consider the payoff matrix for two farmers choosing between an Integrated Pest Control method (I) and a chemical pesticide (T). The payoffs are listed as (Farmer 1's payoff, Farmer 2's payoff). An outcome is defined as 'Pareto efficient' if there is no other possible outcome where at least one farmer could be made better off without making the other farmer worse off.

             Farmer 2's Choice
             +-----------+-----------+
             |     I     |     T     |
+------------+-----------+-----------+
| Farmer 1's I |  (3, 3)   |  (1, 4)   |
| Choice   T |  (4, 1)   |  (2, 2)   |
+------------+-----------+-----------+

Based on the definition provided, why is the outcome (T, I) considered Pareto efficient?

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